Lost of taste?

Hey guys wassup! I am hanging in there. Down 48lbs  at 4 weeks out so far so I can't complain!  Have any of you guys experienced a lost of taste after the surgery? my buds are probably functioning at about 40%.  I have the mucus problem so it may be related to that, but my surgeon  says that lost of taste is common! It sucks cause the little I eat I would like to taste, but hey.  Anyways just curios.

I'm only about a week ahead of you, however I have not had any loss of taste. My surgeon and many people around these boards said that this was very likely to happen. I sometimes wish that this had happened to me. Everything that tasted good to me before surgery tastes just as good after surgery, everything I hated before surgery... I still hate. Makes it hard to resist temptation sometimes!!!

dont worry, it comes back, mine came back at about six months. some tasts change though. Before WLS i drank coffee black, now i cant drink it without three scoops of splenda and a dozen scoops of creamer. also Pizza used to be my favorite food, now i can't stand it, strange.

I know what you mean,......eveything tasted like water....watered down juice, I really looked for a robust flavor....Coffee is my weak spot.....it has big flavor.... russ

I didn't lose my sense of taste, but I crave different foods and drinks now.  For example, I used to be a heavy coffee drinker and now I drink tea.  Since my surgery, I haven't had a single cup of coffee. I am developing a taste for healthier foods and eating things I never did before.

I think Dx had a great post about the Vagus Nerve that was related to the loss of taste. (vaguest and Vegas were the puns that I came up with when I was a giddy post-op, replacing food with silliness).

One thing I noticed shortly post-op was passing by a fast food restaurant french fry vent/chimney and smelling what used to be the delicious fry smell. The smell had turned into something neutral. It had ceased to register as a delicious smell. To this day, I don't think food smells affect me much.

While smells don't register the same way as before, I don't think my tastes have changed that much, but I certainly don't get as hungry as before.

So smell and hunger, but not taste.

Dave

 

I've experienced the same thing so far when it comes to tastes for different foods that I used to love, but more freaky is that when I'm starving and prepare something to eat, I always put way too much in the bowl or plate and find that I can only tolerate a few spoonfulls before my stomach say it's time to stop. No complaints about that though! I end up throwing more food away these days.