Funky Taste in Mouth???

Hi everyone! I've been reading the posts here now and then, but have not posted until today. I had my LAP RNY on 12/20/05. Does anyone else have an incredibly funky taste in your mouth ALL THE TIME????? I do, and was told it was normal and would go away. Only thing is it makes everything I eat taste icky. I'm having a hard time getting in my protein and stuff because of it. Brushing my teeth/tongue helps - for about 5 minutes. I was told NOT to chew gum because it quenches thirst (keeps you from getting your fluids in) and you could accidentally swallow it and clog your stoma (definately don't wanna go there!) Is anyone else nauseated most of the day? Not to the point of actually but just enough to make you not want to eat/drink anything at all? I sure hope this is a passing phase (both - the taste and the nausea) because I'm beginning to get a little bit bummed and discouraged. Beth

I find that sipping water all day helps to keep my mouth feeling fresh. We have to drink the water anyway, so look at it as an added benefit. Hope that helps. I had my LAP RNY on the 19th. Maria

I had my surgery on the 12th and have gone through the same thing. I did find that a sugar free mint would help. My mouth was so dry that I would get the dry heaves. I would suck on the mint for a second or two and then put it in a cup. It took me several hours to use up that mint. Very strong taste...I would also several times during the day brush with a dry toothbru**** seemed to help. It will go away mine is getting better every day. jc

Beth, Try flavoring your water w/Crystal lite (or the wal mart version, much cheaper!) I had the same thing and this really helped me to get my fluids/protein etc. in. Hope it helps! Paula

Beth, O.K. my name is Beth I had the surgery on the same day,and have that same gross taste.I also have been sipping water and also suger free popsicles helped mine. Beth

Hi Beth, I had this problem BIG time (I had RNY on 12/12 ) but didn't come up with any solutions except that I found water the most palatable. It was a temporary problem however! For some reason everything tasted really icky sweet and even metallic. Drinking water was like drinking hummingbird food- even that tasted sugary. My own saliva tasted gross. It made things tough. Even my sense of smell was way out of wack, I was like a bloodhound, detecting odors from other rooms! When I went to my post-op visit they blamed it on the Flagyl I was on for 10 days (an antibiotic). But the taste problem did start to improve before the 10 day course of the drug was even over, so I think it was just the surgery too. I was at about 10-11 days from surgery when it went away. My best to you! Kelly

I KNOW WHAT U MEAN..I CANT EVEN BRUSH MY TEETH WITHOUT WANTING TO THROW UP...THE TASTE OF TOOTHPASTE MAKES ME SICK...

I had my surgery on 12/20 and my mouth doesn't taste funny but food and even water tastes different. Tea seems to help though.

Same with me! I had to switch to a cinnamon flavored one because the taste of the mint toothpaste was nauseating! Since I originally posted this, mine has calmed down a little bit. I bought some sugar free mints to keep with me just in case, though. Beth

Hi Beth, mine is coming and going a bit now. I am wondering if its better when I am doing better on fluids (how ironic- since if it tastes bad its harder to drink!) Kelly