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Have your senses changed due to illness or aging?

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14/04/2025 at 18:19

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Hello everyone, hope you’re doing okay today 😊

Has your sense of taste, smell, touch, or sound changed over the years, either because of illness, age, or treatment?

These small shifts can have a surprisingly big impact on daily life, from enjoying meals to noticing pain or temperature changes.

So we’d love to hear:

Have you noticed a dulling or sensitivity in your senses?

Has it changed the way you eat, move, or interact with your environment?

What adjustments have helped you cope?

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It’s something people don’t often talk about, but it matters more than we realize.

Take care,

Somya from the Carenity Team 🌼

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Hi , I will be 65 years young this year and have noticed slight difference in my hearing and sight . Being type 2 diabetic for over 12 years does not help as I feel small changes as I begin to age due to diabetes .


Have your senses changed due to illness or aging? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/good-to-know/have-your-senses-changed-due-to-illness-or-aging-5680 2025-04-14 19:01:56

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Yes quite a lot, with the repressive Laws over driving as a diabetic due to EU policies forced on us testing before driving is a irritant. But eyesight during night driving being deminished certainly puts you off. Pain my key sufferage thankfully is not affecting my driving, although does affect mobility and completing tasks. A new issue vertigo/dizzyness has made a difference on occassions when it returns, clearly no driving at that time. Big general illnesses are a big drag as we have custody of our grandchild, she brings home a new disease everyweek that can affect us badly, roll the school hols!

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I’m always seeming to be off balance , eyes blurry , tired , so frustrating, I have had my go perform the Eply manoeuvre, which does help the dizziness , but my head still remains in a fog ,

I have a thyroid problem but other than that appear pretty healthy, this feeling seens to be quite common , how do others deal with it ?


Have your senses changed due to illness or aging? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/good-to-know/have-your-senses-changed-due-to-illness-or-aging-5680 2025-11-18 20:15:16

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