Funny-tasting food after tonsillectomy?

shaylyn · Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 9

Hi! I'm 17 years old girl and I need to go to tonsillectomy next week. My friend told me that it's nothing dangerous but I'm still scared. He also told me that I will lose taste for a few months. Is it true that all food will be taste funny after tonsillectomy?

turner · Newbie Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 4

Yes, it's true. I had tonsillectomy six months ago. After it all food wasn't quite the same in taste for me. It is a side effect of the surgery and it's usually temporary. I remember that even two months after tonsillectomy I can not eat certain things like chocolate and some juice.

shaktidurga · Newbie Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 20

It's not necessarily true that all foods will taste funny. However some taste distortion seems to be a fairly common after effect, but most people report that that goes away after a few weeks. The clamps that the surgical staff use to hold your tongue down so that the surgeon can work, can cause temporary damage to the taste buds particularly along the sides of your tongue.

It has been 3 weeks since my tonsillectomy. Spicy and savory foods taste fine to me, but sweet things taste "off." I tried to eat some turtle cheesecake at lunch today and ended up throwing half of it out because it didn't taste right. It didn't taste bad, it was just bland and tasteless.

Beer also doesn't taste right, but since you're 17 you shouldn't be drinking beer anyway. Wink

saulmister · Newbie Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

I had my tonsils taken out three months ago, i could not eat anything for two weeks after my surgery because of the metal taste and lack of taste. After about three weeks my taste started to come back, and within four to five weeks my taste had returned. I can honestly say that was one of the most terrible things about the tonsillectomy, probably even worse than the pain. Thank goodness you have to only get if done once.

Funny-tasting food after tonsillectomy?

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