Question:
Does anyone else experience a nasty

In the first week postop....no fevers or complications that I can tell but awful "Metallic" taste with everything liquid I taste so far.....    — Katherine G. (posted on February 29, 2004)

February 29, 2004
I noticed that some of the metallic taste was from keytones, and drinking more water helps that. Also, if you are taking a chewable vitamin with iron it can do that as well. My surgeon started us on Flinstones Complete chewables, and the iron in the chewable tasted awful, I soon moved on to a regular non-chewable multiviamin and it helped with the metallic taste in my mouth tremendously.
   — Patricia T.

February 29, 2004
Does water feel....... abrasive? Does it hurt to touch yourself in the pouch area (aside from incision)? Any back pain?
   — vitalady

March 1, 2004
I hope this isn't too much information, but when I was a new post-op, I had the same metalic taste in my mouth too. Then about 4 or 5 days after surgery I sneezed and I blew out a rather large blood clot (old) that was stuck somewhere from the NG tube that they use for the first 24 or so hours. The taste went away after that. Good luck! Barbie
   — BarbieCarroll