Question: I'm a 42-year-old female who does not smoke or drink alcohol. I had a subacromial decompression/shoulder scope for a nerve impingement in my right arm 11 days ago under general anesthesia. For the last week, my sense of taste and smell have been radically altered. Foods I used to enjoy taste rotten, and even plain water tastes stale and unpleasant. My sense of smell has been heightened to the point where everyday items in my home are unbearable. Smells I love, like lemons and my favorite perfume, don't smell like they used to: they smell rotten to the point where I gag and not at all like the items they are. I have had 8 surgeries in 3 years to repair damage to my arms from a very bad car accident; this happened once before a few surgeries ago, and resolved over about 6 months. I have read this can be anesthesia related, but it has not happened every time I had surgery, just twice. Is it particular to a certain drug? I need to have another surgery next month; is it worth having the anesthesiologist's reports from surgery analyzed to see if a different drug combination can be used in the next surgery? I am so sensitive to smells and taste at the moment that eating and drinking is very difficult for me. I suspect I am becoming dehydrated, and I am barely eating. What can I do, if anything, to make this more bearable? Even the smell of "unscented" items is nauseating.