The taste I was talking about is a metallic taste and I believe most others who are experiencing what I did, have the same taste in their mouths. Also, I had my tonsils out in 2005 so I didn't get tonsil stones popping up after that. The stones were embedded in my adneoids and I didn't even know it. The metallic taste never left after my tonsillectomy, neither the fecal smell of bb. When I look back, I can't believe I didn't figure out my case earlier because all the symptoms stayed except the stones that I could see.ExhaleSafely wrote:Would you mind commenting on the occurrence of the symptoms that indicated to you that you had BB at the time, more specifically the taste, as that seems to be the most obvious of the one's you mentioned?
I did say in my previous post above that I don't have a taste, but I have had a bad taste when a tonsil stone is present in my tonsil which I was only able to notice occasionally (swallowing a big gulp of food or drink, or intermittently at random times throughout the day when a tonsil stone is present). Additionally, for the other members on this forum and those who may read this for years to come I think it would be good to know some additional details in this area.
Did your bad taste come up occasionally, say once a week, once a day, etc., or was it pretty much present all the time and for 9 years you had BB?
Did the bad taste fluctuate in severity at all? If it did (or fluctuate in it's presence or absence), did you have more reactions from people such as friends or your wife when it was strong (or present)?
My last question isn't in-line with the one's above but I think it's a good one for many of us here: I know you said you tried everything, etc., but I didn't see you indicating that you've tried the neti pot.
Had you tried it in the past? If yes, how long and how frequently were you using one?
Sorry for the barrage of questions and thanks again!
As far as I can remember, the taste was virtually always there. It didn't come and go whether there was a stone present because they're always present whether or not we see them. I don't believe it fluctuated in severity or reactions. People may react to you differently because people are people, but when you've got festering feces stored in your nasopharynx, any fluctuation is irrelevant.
Neti pot. Absolutely. A little salt water is good to get rid of some PND/mucus. I used it regularly for a long time, 2-3 times per day. But it sure didn't give me my life back.