@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member - imagination, or memory. I am grateful for those tiny bursts of fragrance 5 minutes after I stick my nose into a lilac bush!

@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member - chocolate...if I had one taste I could preserve, it would be that.

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@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member - I have breathing problems similar to yours - if what I have noticed is true, then it has something to do with PD weakening the diaphragm and lessening the power of activity.

I am taking breathing therapy and the net effect is to strengthen the muscle tone and power of diaphragm response when inhaling and exhaling - I notice my breathing is shallower rather than weaker, and if I take extra effort my lungs inflate just as they did before PD - but I have to think about it, possibly another case of the neural bandwidth narrowing...

More as my adventures progress.

I lost my sense if smell several years before diagnosis. I thought my sense of taste was still in tact until I suddenly realized that I am oftentimes just remembering the flavor of the food, sadly realizing that what is currently in my mouth is completely tasteless. PD is a horrible thief! But we mustn't let him win--LET'S KICK PD TO THE CURB!

Smell and taste. It’s a shame but we have to learn to live with it.