" The path to fighting your disease requires an understanding of your body. "

- Sheng-Li Wang -

Sense of Taste and Smell Returns after 10 Years

June 2009

It had been ten years, one week and one day since I lost my sense of taste and smell when I went to Dragon’s Life Systems. I had heard about them on the Steve & Johnnie Show on WGN. As I listened to Johnnie tell her story I felt I was listening to my own story. When she told of her success, I decided I had nothing to lose if I were to try acupuncture.

After the first session, I was asked what I could smell and my answer was alcohol, which was correct. My sister and I left my session and we went to lunch. I tasted chicken for the first time in ten years. I had forgotten that chicken even had a taste. I tasted an orange and a fresh hot baked roll. I tasted my sister’s bacon and egg sandwich. I told my sister I felt like a kid in a candy store; she told me I looked more like I had A.D.D. because I was jumping from food to food to see what it tasted like. I thought I was in heaven. I could actually taste food! When the owner of the restaurant we went to asked how lunch was, I could honestly say ‘it was the best meal I have had in years’.

I was afraid that when I woke up the next day that it would have been all a dream and my tasted would be gone again. But, when I woke up and had breakfast I could still taste and smell. And, it has only continued to get better. Over the weekend we had a BBQ for our children and their families. I made a cucumber salad that my family loves. For the first time in ten years I was able to make it without the help of someone else having to taste it to see if it needed more sugar or vinegar. I could tell on my own what my salad needed.

You can’t imagine what my world now feels like. Every day is an adventure of smells and tastes. I am so happy that I had the courage to come to Dragon’s Life Systems and have experienced the result of successful acupuncture treatments. The sessions do not hurt and they are very relaxing. I have no idea how it works; I only know that for me, acupuncture has given me back my sense of taste and smell. My sister and I are telling everyone we know about Sheng-Li Wang and several of our friends are calling for appointments. They too want to experience the help and relief that can be brought about by acupuncture. I know that I am now a firm believer of it!

Kaylyn Dunne