Re: hello - CHANGE IN TASTES

[Guest guest]

>

> > I am i and I am in the research stage.

> > One question I have come up with is: Since you can tolerate sweets in

your

> > post op surgery state are you concerned with sabotaging the surgery

results

> > by out of control sugar eating? Would this be a reason to choose rny

> > instead?

> > Thanks in advance

> > i

>

> I,am now 1 month and 6 days postop and sweets are an option for me.

> The pisser is they just don't taste as good. I used to take a cup of

> coffe with 3 sugars now I use 1/2 tsp same with iced tea, my fiancee

> took a sip of my tea other day and and asked wheres the sugar? And

> she's a thin diabetic. It is amazing how my tastes have changed does

> anyone one else notice changes in taste?

>

Yes, I do notice this , but not in entirely predictable ways. I'm now

9 weeks out, and my tastes have changed enormously - several times! A week

or two ago, I wrote about craving non-diet cokes as the only thing that

settled my stomach, and I was drinking almost one a day. Strangely, prior to

surgery, I rarely drank sodas at all. Well, about 2 days after writing about

this, my craving abruptly ceased, and I haven't had a soda since. Also, I'd

never had a major sweet tooth, but prior to surgery I did enjoy chocolate

upon occasion. Since surgery, one bite of a chocolate eclair has completely

satisfied my single chocolate craving.

Another example of change in taste: I live in the San Fran Bay Area, and the

SF Mission District has tacquerias with the best burritos in the world, I'd

venture. Very distinctive! Anyway, prior to surgery I'd have a burrito from

my fave place 2-3 times a week. Since surgery, I've craved one *daily* and

thought this was the only thing I could not possibly give up post-DS!

However, I hadn't tried it since the meat and spices seemed possibly a bit

rough s/p gastroplasty. Anyway, yesterday I ventured it. Got my favorite

carnitas, with only a touch of chile sauce. And you know what? I've been

munching on it ever since, but it's just not what I recall.... Oh, well.

Guess I'll be saved some time looking for parking near the place... *g*

One more comment about changing tastes, and that regards the *terrible*

change in olfactory sensation after surgery. 9 weeks out, and, while it's

improved somewhat, the terrible change in odors persists and has just been

unreal! I will literally *gag* from an odor I happen upon, and friends

around me say they can't smell a thing. This has been a source of a lot of

my taste changes -- things just don't smell good any more, and instead have

become positively repugnant. I've noticed a few other people on the list

mention going through this and my question is: when has this finally abated

for folks??? Thanks in advance.

- SC

[Guest guest]

>

> > I am i and I am in the research stage.

> > One question I have come up with is: Since you can tolerate sweets in

your

> > post op surgery state are you concerned with sabotaging the surgery

results

> > by out of control sugar eating? Would this be a reason to choose rny

> > instead?

> > Thanks in advance

> > i

>

> I,am now 1 month and 6 days postop and sweets are an option for me.

> The pisser is they just don't taste as good. I used to take a cup of

> coffe with 3 sugars now I use 1/2 tsp same with iced tea, my fiancee

> took a sip of my tea other day and and asked wheres the sugar? And

> she's a thin diabetic. It is amazing how my tastes have changed does

> anyone one else notice changes in taste?

>

Yes, I do notice this , but not in entirely predictable ways. I'm now

9 weeks out, and my tastes have changed enormously - several times! A week

or two ago, I wrote about craving non-diet cokes as the only thing that

settled my stomach, and I was drinking almost one a day. Strangely, prior to

surgery, I rarely drank sodas at all. Well, about 2 days after writing about

this, my craving abruptly ceased, and I haven't had a soda since. Also, I'd

never had a major sweet tooth, but prior to surgery I did enjoy chocolate

upon occasion. Since surgery, one bite of a chocolate eclair has completely

satisfied my single chocolate craving.

Another example of change in taste: I live in the San Fran Bay Area, and the

SF Mission District has tacquerias with the best burritos in the world, I'd

venture. Very distinctive! Anyway, prior to surgery I'd have a burrito from

my fave place 2-3 times a week. Since surgery, I've craved one *daily* and

thought this was the only thing I could not possibly give up post-DS!

However, I hadn't tried it since the meat and spices seemed possibly a bit

rough s/p gastroplasty. Anyway, yesterday I ventured it. Got my favorite

carnitas, with only a touch of chile sauce. And you know what? I've been

munching on it ever since, but it's just not what I recall.... Oh, well.

Guess I'll be saved some time looking for parking near the place... *g*

One more comment about changing tastes, and that regards the *terrible*

change in olfactory sensation after surgery. 9 weeks out, and, while it's

improved somewhat, the terrible change in odors persists and has just been

unreal! I will literally *gag* from an odor I happen upon, and friends

around me say they can't smell a thing. This has been a source of a lot of

my taste changes -- things just don't smell good any more, and instead have

become positively repugnant. I've noticed a few other people on the list

mention going through this and my question is: when has this finally abated

for folks??? Thanks in advance.

- SC