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Staycalm
9 years agoMember
Sense of smell while having chemo
I've been pretty lucky with not having a load of side effects. Just finished my 4 rounds of a/c and had my first paclitaxel treatment today. One thing I really notice is that my sense of smell has bec...
fairydust
9 years agoMember
@Staycalm , The only thing I can think of to counteract the smell is if you wore a scarf. The scarf could have say an essential oil you love sprayed on it. It would be quite normal to wear a scarf. A damp face cloth with a diluted oil my work.You can easily bring in a face cloth in a bag would not be too weird. I had trouble with smell of cleaning products when doing chemo. Deodrant smells were also difficult.