Sheri's story : making sense of it

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This is a post by Sheri on MSN body odor suport group forum that encapsulates her story.

...For me, it has been FBO since preteen yrs and I am 41 now! For yrs, I thought it was a female problem...like a recurrent infection or something. I have even been asked several times if I have had an AIDS test! (which I had after being asked this repeatedly...results were neg, thank God) when I asked why I was being asked that question each time I went to my gyno regarding this problem, I was always told that AIDS patients frequently suffer many vaginal infections..one right after another. BUt in my case, tests always came back neg. for infections. Then they would just say either they couldnt smell anything or that I should consider counceling. It was a nightmare that got me nowhere.

But then in '06, I had to have a hysterectomy. I thought my troubles were solved!!! Long story short, I was 39 yrs old before I found out the smell wasnt in just one localized area. Then the realization hit that the odor was coming from my ENTIRE body. UHHG! I was devastated.

But the light at the end of the tunnel is that there IS a viable way of significantly reducing the odor.....DIET!! DIET!! DIET!!

For me it is mainly dairies, red meats, any kind of processed food especially, is the worst. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I consume these foods, I will be out of commission for a few days....and then it is on me.

What I am trying to say is, I wonder how many odor sufferers are under the thinking that is only localized odor that they are dealing with when in fact, it may be whole body odor?

http://groups.msn.com/BodyOdorSupport/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=22203