Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 I seem to have lost my ability to taste salt. If I lick it straight off my finger, I can taste it on my tongue, but if I salt my food I get nothing. If I crumble something I know is salty - like a corn chip - I get nothing. The other day I thought I tasted salt again, but it went away and now I still can't. Every other flavor seems to be intact. Did anyone else have this trouble? The roof of my mouth is completely numb, that might have something to do with it. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 I didn't have that problem with salt, but I did with red wine. I love good red wine, but everything I tried post-op tasted like cheap plonk, almost chemical tasting (and because I couldn't sip from a cup, I dribbled most of it down my front). Like you, my upper palate was completely numb. I found that Irish ale tasted just fine, though. Eventually the taste sensors returned to normal. > I seem to have lost my ability to taste salt. If I lick it straight > off my finger, I can taste it on my tongue, but if I salt my food I > get nothing. If I crumble something I know is salty - like a corn > chip - I get nothing. The other day I thought I tasted salt again, > but it went away and now I still can't. Every other flavor seems to > be intact. Did anyone else have this trouble? > > The roof of my mouth is completely numb, that might have something > to do with it. > > Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 You're still early on, post op, and it's way too soon to try to guess where you are with respect to tasting, swelling, or anything else. Think of all the chemicals that have washed through your system! My husband had some complicated troubles for which he was taking a variety of pills and found that everything (spinach, scrambled eggs, ice cream, chicken, oysters, etc) all tasted like bubble gum! It was awful, so I do sympathize. But when we found the culprit drug and got rid of it, things got better. May the same happen for you. Cammie > I seem to have lost my ability to taste salt. If I lick it straight > off my finger, I can taste it on my tongue, but if I salt my food I > get nothing. If I crumble something I know is salty - like a corn > chip - I get nothing. The other day I thought I tasted salt again, > but it went away and now I still can't. Every other flavor seems to > be intact. Did anyone else have this trouble? > > The roof of my mouth is completely numb, that might have something > to do with it. > > Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Bubblegum??? At first I didn't think that would be so bad, but I think a steady diet of it would get old. Missing salt wouldn't be so bad - after all, I can taste everything else, and so far just about everything has been tasting good to me - but I really miss french fries. I used to make them a few times a week (baked, not deep-fried). I've tried them now, but without the salt, fries just aren't fries. Taters are so bland now! On the other hand, pickle relish has a ton of zingy flavor I don't remember it having before. Too bad I can't put it on everything I'd really rather have salt on. And if only there was a cure for the Unreachable Itch... Kris > You're still early on, post op, and it's way too soon to try to guess > where you are with respect to tasting, swelling, or anything else. > > Think of all the chemicals that have washed through your system! My > husband had some complicated troubles for which he was taking a > variety of pills and found that everything (spinach, scrambled eggs, > ice cream, chicken, oysters, etc) all tasted like bubble gum! It was > awful, so I do sympathize. But when we found the culprit drug and got > rid of it, things got better. > > May the same happen for you. > > Cammie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 It's AWFUL, trust me. Unrelieved bubblegum? Yuck! As for the itch... I've suggested this before, but far as I know, nobody's asked a doc about it. I take a prescription antispasmodic called Trileptal for neuropathies in hands and feet. Before taking this one, I took another, called Neurontin. I don't know whether they'd help with the itch, stab, burn, etc of healing nerves, and there may be a good reason not to use them. I do know that when I had lots of itch, burn, tingle etc. symptoms from the shingles I contracted about one month out of surgery, the docs who were treating me reassured themselves that I was taking either Neurontin or Trileptal. Maybe that's overkill. I dunno. I still find that the trigeminal nerve (in the face, for me, the one attacked by the shingles, which are a form of herpes akin to chickenpox) lets me know it's there, from time to time. Thank heavens I have Good Stuff to help with it. C. > > You're still early on, post op, and it's way too soon to try to > guess > > where you are with respect to tasting, swelling, or anything else. > > > > Think of all the chemicals that have washed through your system! > My > > husband had some complicated troubles for which he was taking a > > variety of pills and found that everything (spinach, scrambled > eggs, > > ice cream, chicken, oysters, etc) all tasted like bubble gum! It > was > > awful, so I do sympathize. But when we found the culprit drug and > got > > rid of it, things got better. > > > > May the same happen for you. > > > > Cammie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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