Sniffing Out the Problem

Remember how I had that nose issue about half a year ago? Well, very mysteriously, it just went away by itself. Maybe it knew I was posting for advice about it, got freaked, and left.

And then decided to move back in again.
I smelled it again just two days ago.
Yesterday, it seemed to fade a bit.
But it smells like it's back again today.

I have a feeling that it's related to my diet, or is a cryptic symptom of my health in some way. My current hypotheses on this are:

1. Sauce.

Three days ago, I had potstickers from a popular joint just around the corner from my work. I have these pretty often, but this time I had it with chili bean sauce (豆瓣醬) -- I used to have this a lot, but some months ago, traded it in for a garlic soy sauce and/or sweet vinegar instead. Lo and behold, the next day, I guess it worked into my system and the nose thing came back!


2. Health.
I've been sick for a while in November and December -- a really nasty virus has pretty much hit everyone I know in some time or another this winter season -- and even now, we're trying hard to shake that last 5% that just won't go away. I don't remember if I was sick back in July 2007, but maybe it's related to my health at the moment.


3. Diet.
A broader generalization, perhaps it's just my diet. Or, maybe the two are related: food and health. When I'm sick or getting sick, my body has cravings for different types of foods (mainly carb-heavy stuff). So perhaps my current diet has a surplus or a deficiency in something, and that's giving me this "reminder" in my olfactory senses?


I dunno. Any thoughts or hints?

2 comments:

Fumbling said...

you might have a tonsil stone lodged up higher in your throat on one side. Google "tonsil stones", then get small flashlight or little dental tool with mirror and light and check out your tonsils for white stuff.

Ben said...

Um, I'm pretty sure it's not tonsil stones (had to google it) because that would be way too far down the pipe to affect only a single nostril as opposed to both.

Plus, it's already beyond olfactory sensors, isn't it? So if I sniff, the tonsil stone odour wouldn't go into my nose.

And if I stretch my nose (from the previous post about this), that wouldn't be affected either.

That said, I still have no idea what this is!