Question:
Who's taste buds do I have in my mouth??? lol

Maybe someone can explain....I'm 5 weeks post-op and some things just taste "wrong"! Especially "breads"...they all taste like yeast! What's up with that? Even pizza crust which is my favorite part of the pizza, tastes yucky. I have had no problem swollowing any type of bread, toast, rolls, white bread...but just one taste reminds me of how nasty it now is...Mmmmmmmm....yogurt, which I was never a big fan of, now tastes "amazing" and nachos which I "did" love, now taste sort of bland. I think my system has done a flip-flop! Any one know the cause of this, and will I ever like my bread again!! lol...Thanks for the help, Love and Light,    — medium (posted on December 27, 2002)

December 26, 2002
I know what you are talking about. My taste totaly changed after surgery. But now 4 months out, my taste are about the same as before surgery. There are lots of things I don't eat now, but don't miss them--just don't want them. Its funny how the things that we shouldn't eat are they things that taste bad. Enjoy the yogurt.
   — barbara A.

December 26, 2002
This happens early on post-op. I don't know why it happens, but it does to many. You will regain your taste back for certain items, but I have read of a few that never develop their taste again for items that they loved pre-op. I am 10 months post-op and like pizza pre-op, and now have no desire for it. I've had it a few times and it just tastes greasy to me. The same for the fast food burgers. Now if that was only the case with chocolate, I'd be a happy camper!
   — Cindy R.

December 26, 2002
My tastes completely chanced after surgery. My favorite foods I hated and things I used to hate were my favorites. I could not stand to even think about meat and eggs for the first four months. At about five months they started returning to normal. Now I can eat a steak no problem. Bread I still don't like too much.
   — Linda A.

December 27, 2002
It was around 6 months before my tastes returned to normal. Occassionally my tastes go funky. But not to often anymore.
   — Danmark

December 27, 2002
hi there :) very new post op, i had a rotten rotten taste in my mouth so everything had that flavor. i dont eat sf jello anymore because i associate it with the funk mouth taste lol. ive also noticed that while my taster is back to normal, i now have a taste for different things. for example, pre op you couldnt pay me to eat a hot pepper, now i love it, crave it! i love hot peppers now!
   — carrie M.

December 28, 2002
I don't think my tastes have changed too much post-op, but consider yourself lucky if your desire for bread is gone. It's a lot of carbs you really don't need, and white bread is pretty much useless nutritionally. Love of bread is one thing that made me fat in the first place! I'm 3+ months post op and I still haven't had a piece of pizza but I still *think* I'd like it! But I avoid bread because I'm trying to get in protein first, and after protein there's little room for bread/pasta/potatos.
   — sandsonik