[Drdogface]

About three weeks ago my wife and I...with another couple...spent a weekend in the area around Tahoe..in the snow. On that Sat. morning we all went to Squaw Valley ski area where my wife (age 53) wanted to got ice skating. Took only a minutes before she fell backwards and really whacked her head on the ice. I was not skating due to a recent shoulder surgery. She was surely dazed but did not lose consciousness. We had a paramedic examine her and he gave her some oxygen. She felt a bit better after a while but of course had a headache. The PM said she likely had a mild concussion. He was great, BTW.

The next day she was really sickly and sore..not a surprise...and has gradually gotten better since except for her sense of smell and taste which is all but gone..or so she says. For the life of me I can't get her to see a Doc...not just now, but anytime but that's another issue. She took a week off work and said her headache was more severe with movement and mostly in the frontal area. This got gradually better and she now has no headache.

I'm aware of the possibilty of sub-dural hematoma developing some time after head trauma but she doesn't seem to have worsening symptoms like nausea, headache or vision problems.

Please, can one of you Docs gimme some advice on this and the loss of smell and taste...what to do if anything.

Many thanks...my med degree is in Vet Med ;-)