I have achieved an awkward age.
A lady at work burned some toast in our engineering break room.
I walked across the cubicle bay and smelt burned toast not knowing what happened.
That smell scared the F out of me.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.If your aware of how your body feels I would think you could be clued a stroke of sorts was starting or happening. I hope cause there are good treatments if you catch it in time. Trigger smells or phantom odors may mean you gotta good sniffer...burnt electrical connections are crazy subtle hints that electrical connections are overheated.
NHwoodsman
Level 4
July 21, 2021
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Phantosmia is one thing however the first signs of a stroke include:
Sudden numbness or weakness in any part of your body
Trouble expressing yourself with language, including the inability to speak or understand what's being said to you
Difficulty walking
Sudden onset of any kind of confusion
A sudden and painful headache
waitingforgodo
Level 8
July 20, 2021
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I have severe carpal tunnel so numbness.
Migraines all my life.
Trouble walking from arthritis.
Never mind, I have all those symptoms to one degree or another already.
So there’s no way to know really, just suddenly smelling burnt toast in an environment where I have never smelled burnt toast just gave me a psychological double take.
If you were me you’d understand.
@Willow_Wisp I understand the burning smell connection and I understand your valuable and insightful contributions here.
Burned toast triggers you?
Charlene
Level 9
July 20, 2021
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Only if I have no reason to believe there's any burnt toast around to smell.
Do you watch Archer??
@JeffMurray not in a while..thanks for the reminder!
Messages through the nose reach the deepest part of the brain. Mother's milk possibly the first sensation of the olfactory system??
Mcflewster
Level 8
July 20, 2021
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?????? Tell us why?
AnneWimsey
Level 9
July 20, 2021
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When you smell burnt toast and there's no burned toast it's a possible indication you're having a stroke.
@Willow_Wisp having had a stroke, I am no kidding pretty aware of this, but the poster stated someone Had actually burned toast......
@AnneWimsey "I walked across the cubicle bay and smelt burned toast not knowing what happened."
@Willow_Wisp what you said.
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