Question:
When or does the food flavor come back or get better? I am one month post-op.

I am following the diet plan, but the food lacks flavor. I eat my protein first and if there is room I eat vegies I have not tried any fruits up to this point. Does this improve or something that will stay this way?    — debra T. (posted on May 17, 2004)

May 16, 2004
everything tasted strange for me untill i was about 2 months post-op.
   — franbvan

May 16, 2004
Most things started tasting better within the first two or three months. But there are still things that taste weird to me at over 2 years out. These things are things that would get me in trouble, so I don't mind.
   — RebeccaP

May 17, 2004
I am 4 mos post op and things still doesnt taste as good as they use to so I dont eat them and as the other poster said the foods that dont really taste the same are the ones that get me in trouble so I dont let it bother me well good look
   — JENNIFER S.

May 17, 2004
I had NO appetite for the first 2 months post-op. I only ate about 300 calories a day due to no appetite, nausea and food tasting like crap. All of a sudden, one day, food started tasting better and I've been fine ever since. Sometimes, I miss those days when food tasted like crap!!
   — Patty H.

May 17, 2004
I think this differs from person to person. Some things tasted normal to me just after surgery and some things didn't. I am now 5 1/2 months post op and some things still taste odd to me, but most things started to seem more normal at 2-3 months post-op.
   — Christy L.

May 17, 2004
I CAN NOT relate to any of this. Everything I eat taste better. I think it is because I am eating slow and small bites...actually tasting my food. I hope thinks get better for you.
   — Angel E.

May 17, 2004
Food just doesn't taste intoxicatingly good like it used to. Fortunately, I no longer look to it for pleasure--- it really has just become pure sustenance for me.
   — SteveColarossi