(08-06-2016, 09:25 PM)Tanya Marie Squirrel Wrote: not only have I noticed a heightened sense of smell, but also hearing as well. (giggles at your comments on congestion, and our conversation about your travels).
What? It was TOTALLY not funny, not funny at all. Oh, the couple that sat next to me, they were stinky, and then whatever they brought on the plane with them to eat, that was stinky. Then waiting in line to board the next flight, the lady standing next to me, her breath was stinky, with partial mask of stinky gum. Then I say in my seat on the plan, and the guy that sits next to me... HE WAS STINKY TOO!!! Way way way too much cologne. That was not a pleasant day. Haven't really noticed any improvements on my hearing, I already had super sensitive ears. I would be a few cubicles away from colleagues and they would be talking to one another, then they would say something like, oh, well we can ask (me), about what we can do. I reply and give them my answer.
Restaurants are terrible, I'll be hearing other peoples conversations, and I can't block it out. I find myself participating in their conversations to entertain myself at times. "Have you seen blah blah, or tried this and that" Me: "Why no, I haven't seen blah blah, but I hear it's pretty good, or yeah I've tried that, it's super awesome." Ha ha ha... I don't purposely eavesdrop, but I do wear headphones from time to time just to block out everything. Oh, so one drawback to this, well there are several drawbacks, but one that is really annoying, I get accused of not listening. When most of the time it's not that I am not listening I just can't hear, it's too much, and I can't block out all the background sounds so everything comes in garbled. I find myself using the instant replay button in my brain a lot. Me: "Huh?" Then as they're repeating themselves, the instant replay is complete and I am already answering the question before they've finished repeating the question. Then I get questioned why did I say huh, when I had heard the question, but I didn't hear it the first time, I heard it the 2nd time, in my head. Before you ask, I have tried not saying huh, and waiting for the instant playback to complete, then I get puzzled looks, and then sometimes people will just start talking to me in Spanish. AGHH!
Oh, uhm so yeah, hearing still seems the same.