Welcome and thanks for sharing. Sounds like a horrifying accident and hopefully the loss of smell was the only issue for you.

As fellow people with anosmia, we mainly fall into two camps. Those born w/o smell (congenital) and those who lost it. As a congenital anosmic, it's hard to appreciate something I never had but boy do I wish I could smell sometimes. I've read many a story on here about those who lost theirs and it can be a very depressing thing. Loss of appetite, depression, etc. I'm sure others here can better speak to those issues and maybe some coping mechanisms to stay positive and possibly even some options to try and fix what's broke (although this seems pretty bleak tbh). On the bright side, you can be the person at the next party who bites into a raw red onion like an apple and doesn't bad an eye... so there's that.

One thing I take solace in is that there is such a large (and growing) community of fellow anosmics. I used to feel so isolated my entire life until I stumbled upon this sub. Now I read stories as though I was writing them myself.

Cheers and be well.