Self Charlotte 20 years, lived in a happy marriage with her husband Duncan.But after 5 years ago in an accident a woman lost her sense of smell, things have changed.
Self Duncan and Charlotte were married in 1994, when they were both 18 years old.They have two teenage children.5 years ago the couple loved each other and were very happy together.But in 2008 there was a tragedy that turned their lives dramatically
On that fateful day, Charlotte, marketing director working in Surrey, rode a bicycle and suddenly fell.Slam on it was not, so she had hit the asphalt pad.The woman called her husband, who rushed after her and took her to the nearest hospital.Computed tomography showed that no damage brain Charlotte there, but three days later she realized she did not smell.She discovered this when made a lunch sandwich with cheese and suddenly realized that did not smell of cheese.Charlotte threw herself headlong into the bath smell shampoo and also did not smell them.The woman panicked.
In the clinic, she was sent to an ear-nose-throat, and a specialist, to test it for the ability to recognize odors, he told the woman that she suspects anosmia - the complete loss of the sense of smell.Three months later, doctors said the woman, it is very unlikely that the sense of smell to it ever come back, and that at the moment to cure her from this impossible.
said Charlotte, after the loss of smell her life became hell.
"Last appointment with the doctor has become the worst in my life, - she said.- I went to the parking lot and cried, lamenting the fact that I will never touch: the smell of my children and husband, the freshness of the forest after the rain, the aroma of cooked in the oven for dinner.Duncan promised me that we will go through this trial together, but our relations have already cracked, because I no longer feel the smell peculiar to him alone, and no longer felt for him physical attraction. "
Eventually the woman more and more closed in on itself, but try not to take it out on the children and the spouse.
sex with her husband is no longer fun.Charlotte forced herself to be given to Duncan, but during physical intimacy she wanted to howl with despair.
Family dinners, which gives her great pleasure before, turned to Charlotte a burden - because she could not feel her adorable before the smell of food.
Two years later, Duncan decided to fight the coldness of his wife and they organized a trip to France.He hoped that the beautiful scenery in her memory refresh romantic memories.
"Seeing pines, with the smell of which I have been associated memories of our with my husband the meetings, I could not help but burst into tears. I ruined our family trip - stood and shook with sobs. I guess at that point I fully felt separatingMy husband and I divide ", - says Charlotte.
The couple divorced in late February 2013. after Charlotte Duncan admitted that due to the loss of sense of smell, she no longer feels any feelings for him.
year ago Charlotte started a new relationship.For her new partner attracted visually and physically, but the inability to perceive smells very scared woman.Before the first kiss she terribly panicked, worrying about whether her fresh breath and good she smells.
Whatever it was, Charlotte said that the meeting with a new partner helped her to better understand the challenges that it faces."I just have to be strong, be happy that I have, and focus on the good, not bad."
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