I am 47 y/o and had a tonsillectomy 4 days ago. I can barely taste very salty chicken noodle soup. Nothing else has any flavor. I can distinguish between cold and hot, and fortunately do not have a metallic taste in my mouth, but almost everything has no taste. What is the chance this is only temporary?
i was wondering if anything had changed for you i had my tonsils out 6th nov sever paon etc but straight away relised my taste was wrong as girl opposite who had just had same procedure was eating and tasting i tried and everything tasted odd. chocolate taste intesive sweet but like also eating sour milk and get a burning sensation. most other things taste rancid!! im living on battered fish chips and crumpets as seem to be the only thing that dont taste rancid but they still dont taste right. i can smell fine so the things i read about it being smell not taste are rubbish. im like you depressed and losing weight 18lbs already as so hard to cind anything i can eat. have you had any improvment ??
what you describe is exactly how i am after having my tonsils out 6th November. The chocolat semi sweet but rancid and most other food tast like drinking gone off milk with a sugar cube in mouth. I have lost 18lb already. can you tell me did your taste ever improve i do hope so please let me know so i know what to possible expect thanks
i had my tonsils out and am experiencing what ou decribe sweet stuff like you say but other things tast rancid like drinking gone off milk while sucking a sugar lump. did your ever improve? would like to know what to possible expect. did you also have the feeling something is stuck in your throat and a thirst you couldnt quench??
I too have the same symptoms it's been just over a month since my op and it's very stressful as I don't enjoy food or drinks anymore
There are medicines available that will eliminate your taste disorder problem.even you can add spices to your foods or add butter cheese to your vegetables to enhance the taste.
It's been 4 weeks since my tonsillectomy and lingual tonsillectomy and food still taste different for me also. It seems as if I can't get the full flavor of anything. So frustrating as I LOVED to eat prior to this. I'm still waiting to get the taste back.
My sense of taste was also greatly altered for the worse after a tonsilectomy. The good news is that it came back fully after seven weeks. I lost about 25 lbs, but I really needed to do so anyway!
I had my surgery (tonsillectomy) about a month ago. My taste buds are so damaged that I cannot taste anything but a bitter metallic taste in my mouth 24/7! I am so sick of this bad taste. I cannot get rid of it! And all sweet things are so nasty! Sometimes I think I am going to go mad from the constant metallic taste in my mouth. I lay in bed at night with only one thing on my mind "I hate this taste in my mouth"! I would gladly walk the entire lienth of this country to have a moment of no metal taste. One of the worsted things about this is I am a chef. I don't know how much longer I can go pretending I can taste at work. Its really hard guessing how much salt or sugar to put in my dishes because everything is nasty metal tasting. ): But seriously the metal taste in my mouth makes me so sick. Nothing takes it away. A matter of fact some things make it worse! Today I ate an avocato it was one of the natyest things I have ever ate! I had to run my tong in hot water for 5 mins to get the gross taste out of my mouth! But wasn't really worth it because the gross metal taste was there. God have mercy. ):
please can you give me some further imformation regarding this doctor - Please my wife is so depressed and i am desperate to help her - Please
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what do you think man? do you think it's simple like this? if you do not know what you're talking about, just let it be