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To make a short story long:

I quit smoking months ago and I smell everything now

Years ago when I lived in Pasadena (The air is greener in Pasadeener) I intentionally started smoking again after quitting and smelling that factory smell on my front porch but now I live in the Country and I smell food cooking from inside locked buildings and my niece doesn't, I seriously have smell overload sensitive sense of smell like wild animals do.

2 nights ago, my niece took off her boots ... I made her wash her socks in Woolite and wash her feet. She went back to her parents house yesterday (I told them to soak her feet in peroxide, followed by liquid antibacterial soap and if that doesn't work to use Listerine or bleach

Anyway
Today I"m washing her blankets, dumping carpet fresh on the Carpet and I'm still smelling feet ... I"m thinking now of some scents hunters use ... any suggestions?
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Kinda kidding but ... after 45 years or so of using the smoke alarm to tell me toast is ready, it's weird to smell stuff again. I'm tempted to adopt-a-skunk to get rid of the feet smell. they're easy to find out here, but might be rabid ...

You taste is also affected by your sense of smell. You may find you dislike foods you liked before. I quit smoking long before my wife did. After I quit I thought she was over seasoning food. She told me I was nuts and that it was fine to her. Fast forward and she quits and cannot stand her own cooking--go figure.

Congratulations on your ability to quit. Although I quit smoking (Sep 96), the addiction to nicotine is something I have struggled with since quitting. Nicotine gum was a crutch for a while. I had a cigar after hunting a month or so ago--BIG MISTAKE! Mr. Nicotine raised his ugly head again. Unfortunately, I have a can of snuff in my pocket at the moment. It will take a couple of months for me to wean myself again. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

Baking soda seems to work for many lingering odors. Its the base of some of the carpet fresh type products.

Oxy-clean added to the wash has worked wonders to remove the stench from my clothes after a day in 100* heat Working cattle...

i8godzilla wrote:You taste is also affected by your sense of smell. You may find you dislike foods you liked before. I quit smoking long before my wife did. After I quit I thought she was over seasoning food. She told me I was nuts and that it was fine to her. Fast forward and she quits and cannot stand her own cooking--go figure.

Congratulations on your ability to quit. Although I quit smoking (Sep 96), the addiction to nicotine is something I have struggled with since quitting. Nicotine gum was a crutch for a while. I had a cigar after hunting a month or so ago--BIG MISTAKE! Mr. Nicotine raised his ugly head again. Unfortunately, I have a can of snuff in my pocket at the moment. It will take a couple of months for me to wean myself again. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

I'm doing Patches ... a recent study shows it helps memory in old people, my dad had dementia
In college I quit for 6 months and had made all "A"s prior to that, grades dropped, re-started smoking intentionally, Professors wrote on my papers "great comeback, glad to see grades improving again"
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However, I do not need the tar and other chemicals
I won't be like the dog returning to it's vomit (Prov 26:11)
That mental picture helps stop craving
I carry a post-it with that (Prov 26:11) on it as well as
2Peter 2:22
Jude 1:5
Luke 17:32 (Remember Lot's Wife)
Numbers 16 (Korah wanting to return to captivity in Egypt)
Luke 9:62

And the craving passes.

Fellow 1911 shooter tells me ... "I don't want to waste 9 years of non-smoking, the first one would restart the clock ...It's like alcoholism, just don't take that first one ..."

cbunt1 wrote:Baking soda seems to work for many lingering odors. Its the base of some of the carpet fresh type products.

Oxy-clean added to the wash has worked wonders to remove the stench from my clothes after a day in 100* heat Working cattle...

I just bought a big box of soda, I'll try that

RPB wrote:To make a short story long:

I quit smoking months ago and I smell everything now

Years ago when I lived in Pasadena (The air is greener in Pasadeener) I intentionally started smoking again after quitting and smelling that factory smell on my front porch but now I live in the Country and I smell food cooking from inside locked buildings and my niece doesn't, I seriously have smell overload sensitive sense of smell like wild animals do.

2 nights ago, my niece took off her boots ... I made her wash her socks in Woolite and wash her feet. She went back to her parents house yesterday (I told them to soak her feet in peroxide, followed by liquid antibacterial soap and if that doesn't work to use Listerine or bleach

Anyway
Today I"m washing her blankets, dumping carpet fresh on the Carpet and I'm still smelling feet ... I"m thinking now of some scents hunters use ... any suggestions?


http://www.google.com/search?q=hunting+ ... =firefox-a" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Kinda kidding but ... after 45 years or so of using the smoke alarm to tell me toast is ready, it's weird to smell stuff again. I'm tempted to adopt-a-skunk to get rid of the feet smell. they're easy to find out here, but might be rabid ...

Just out of curiosity, how old is your stinkin' niece?

I love the smell of feet in the morning... smells like.... cheese.

Foot odor can be a real problem. When I was in high school I worked with a friend at a sporting goods store. We called him 'Ol' Moose Foot' because of his atrocious foot odor. He tried Dr. Scholl's Odor Eaters, but his bacteria literally ate the odor Eaters.

In all seriousness, it can be a real health issue that is causing it. Foot odor is usually a bacterial or fungal related issue. If she has good hygiene otherwise, it might be wise to get her to a podiatrist and let them subscribe a strong anti-fungal/bacterial spray or cream to try and rid her of the stench. Otherwise she can get some nasty skin issues or even worse, infections on her feet.

lol cheese

My niece is 16 and a half, I keep telling her that they may not bathe at home to save electricity or well water, but here we do, my city has both lakewater and well water available ... all her school friends gave her scented bath things and body washes and scented body sprays etc for Christmas ... she showed them to me and I said "probably should take a hint"

I kid her a lot, but she's a kid who hates baths and hasn't figured that body changes make people smell different when they grow through the teen years. I took her to the store and bought her all new underwear etc because she said her mom said only had 1 pair .... (most are still in the package, I think she is wearing 1 pair till they wear out, then takes the next one out of the package) .... kids ... odd thing though, she's a lot like her dad

Like a "daughter" I raised years ago "Dad Do I HAVE to brush my teeth?"
Me: Naw, only brush the ones you want to keep.

Kids are entertaining.

If I hadn't quit smoking and couldn't smell her feet, I'd ignore it, I probably should ignore her other odors and just let her shower when she wants to annually, they might come in handy as an invisible anti-aphrodisiac to boys.

Keith B wrote:Foot odor can be a real problem. When I was in high school I worked with a friend at a sporting goods store. We called him 'Ol' Moose Foot' because of his atrocious foot odor. He tried Dr. Scholl's Odor Eaters, but his bacteria literally ate the odor Eaters.

In all seriousness, it can be a real health issue that is causing it. Foot odor is usually a bacterial or fungal related issue. If she has good hygiene otherwise, it might be wise to get her to a podiatrist and let them subscribe a strong anti-fungal/bacterial spray or cream to try and rid her of the stench. Otherwise she can get some nasty skin issues or even worse, infections on her feet.

Yeah, she has ingrown toenail problems, Podiatrist told my dad (who ALWAYS wore socks 24/7)
Feet need to air out and dry sometimes, and soak on antibacterial soap and water when toenail infections happen (I once saw dad drop a bar of dial soap in a pan for his feet and I had to tell him the doctor meant liquid antibacterial hand soap for the foot soaking)
I don't get those problems, I rarely wear shoes. Back when I did, I also wore "liner socks" like hunters do when wading marshlands etc (lighter breathable socks you wear under heavier socks) and as soon as I left the law office and was getting in the car, the shoes came off.

I, too, am quitting smoking (almost 1 month now). It has been hard for me, and yes smells are more vibrant. What has kept me going is thinking of the government getting that little bit less tax money out of me. I have to eat, I have to live somewhere, I have to have the lights on and all that...and in our modern society, automobiles are almost a requirement as well...but I DON'T have to smoke, and I can't justify it as being beneficial like I can practicing shooting! Plus, not buying cigarettes = more money for ammo.

Good luck to all of you trying to kick that habit. I hope you are all successful. I am one of the lucky one's that never started. I can't stand the smell of them lit or unlit. I'm the same way with coffee and have never had a puff or sip of either.

C-dub wrote:Good luck to all of you trying to kick that habit. I hope you are all successful. I am one of the lucky one's that never started. I can't stand the smell of them lit or unlit. I'm the same way with coffee and have never had a puff or sip of either.

Now I may have decided to quit smoking but stop drinking coffee, too? THAT would just be torture...

Heartland Patriot wrote:

C-dub wrote:Good luck to all of you trying to kick that habit. I hope you are all successful. I am one of the lucky one's that never started. I can't stand the smell of them lit or unlit. I'm the same way with coffee and have never had a puff or sip of either.

Now I may have decided to quit smoking but stop drinking coffee, too? THAT would just be torture...

I know people who have pure coffee running through their veins. Turning off the coffee maker would be akin to turning off life support. I think the solution is not get dependent on coffee in the first place

Congradulations to all of you that are taking the step to quit smoking. I quit after 40+ years and havent picked one up in 5 years. You are correct, you will smell things that you never thought smelled like that before, and as was stated before everything tastes different as well.

As for your niece, get some hortocultural corn meal and soak it in warm water for about 5 minutes then have her soak her feet in it. Also sprinkle some in her shoes. This will kill any fungle issues (including athletes foot) and help with the smell.

Thomas wrote:

Heartland Patriot wrote:

C-dub wrote:Good luck to all of you trying to kick that habit. I hope you are all successful. I am one of the lucky one's that never started. I can't stand the smell of them lit or unlit. I'm the same way with coffee and have never had a puff or sip of either.

Now I may have decided to quit smoking but stop drinking coffee, too? THAT would just be torture...

I know people who have pure coffee running through their veins. Turning off the coffee maker would be akin to turning off life support. I think the solution is not get dependent on coffee in the first place

That is like saying you should never shoot a gun cause you might become addicted to shooting! Coffee is a gift from God that should not be squandered!