SCENT-S ATIONAL

Blinking my eyes open one morning, I frowned.

I was suffering with a cold and my head felt fuzzy, but I heaved myself out of bed and padded to the bathroom.

Bleary-eyed, I squeezed toothpaste onto my brush.

But as I did, a terrifying realisation washed over me.

I couldn’t smell anything.

Panicking, I desperately started sniffing, wondering if it was just in my head.

But my sense of smell had completely vanished.

In shock, I rang my GP.