Do your taste buds change after surgery?
I got my sleeve on January 15th and as soon as I got home my taste buds were totally different! I can now only drink chocolate atkins shakes. My advice: don't stock your pantry full before leaving, maybe buy a little bit of your favorites and then if you don't like them when you get back, you may like them later.
My advice is don't stock up on anything. I went through a phase of not being able to stand the protein drinks. Now at 9 months i don't like meat and eggs anymore. It is not that I can't eat them - i just dont like the taste and smell.
good news is that I have lost the taste for diet coke - which is great as i was a serious addict before the surgery.
good news is that I have lost the taste for diet coke - which is great as i was a serious addict before the surgery.
Hi Laurie,
I remember for the first few months everything was so sweet. My taste did change....at first.
Now two years later I would say my taste is pretty much the same as before surgery. I still like the things I did before surgery and I still don't like the things I didn't before surgery!
I agree with the other posters here. Don't stock up. Chances are right after surgery, your taste buds will go a little crazy on you!!
Good luck,
Brooke K
I remember for the first few months everything was so sweet. My taste did change....at first.
Now two years later I would say my taste is pretty much the same as before surgery. I still like the things I did before surgery and I still don't like the things I didn't before surgery!
I agree with the other posters here. Don't stock up. Chances are right after surgery, your taste buds will go a little crazy on you!!
Good luck,
Brooke K
I am 5'4" tall
I don't think my tastes have changed, but my preferences have. Ditto the others - don't stock up.
I started at 324lbs and a size 26. After losing 100 lbs, I became pregnant with my first daughter, who was born in March 2011. My second daughter was born in September 2013. I have maintained a healthy lifestyle and now hover around 160lbs. I would like to get back to the 140lbs before I became pregnant with my second daughter. The sleeve literally gave me LIFE - two beautiful, healthy little girls. My husband had his VSG with Dr. Marema on 10/1/2012 and is on his weight loss journey, currently down 90lbs.
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on 2/10/10 10:47 am - Philly, PA and New Windsor, NY
on 2/10/10 10:47 am - Philly, PA and New Windsor, NY
My taste buds really haven't changed much after surgery. I am, however, more adventurous with foods post op!
I didn't think mine had changed at all (but I'm only 2 1/2 weeks out)... I still like the things I liked before, nothing [allowable] tastes different, but I just had an Isoflex chocolate shake and put s.f. caramel syrup in it to make it a turtle shake, and yikes.... tooooo sweet! This is the first time since surgery I've had the "yuck" feeling.
HW 258 SW 246.4 CW 166.8 GW 160
(reflects loss from all-time high weight in November 2009)
Wendy Vanosdell
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