dumb question thread
No, I don't want to gripe about dumb questions people ask. I'm going to say the only dumb question is the one we do not ask.
So here is the place to ask all the questions you've really wondered about but were embarrassed to ask. I bet someone can answer them. Maybe me, but if not, someone else. Or lots of someone elses. Ask away.
Kelly
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Why do our tastes change after surgery? I know that is very common and mine sure did, although they went back to normal almost but not quite after several months. But why does it happen? After all, they did not operate on my taste buds!
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
*** in the 2 weeks following surgery our taste buds are influenced by the anesthesia that remains in our system. For some people that goes away in a few days, for others it can linger for up to 14 days. It'll leave a metallic taste in your mouth.
*** in the first few months after surgery we're dealing with ketosis because of the dramatic decrease in carb intake. This is a bad thing for our body to be in for long periods of time because we're basically shedding fat cells without the body being able to use that stored fat as energy -- it is shed as toxins. Those toxins can cause the white filmy stuff to appear on the tongue, can be excreted in our breath and urine among other things.... so those toxins can interfere with how things taste to us.
*** before surgery we would eat so fast and not ever pay attention to the foods we gulped down. Remember how hard it was to learn how to chew, chew, chew? Now that we're truly tasting our foods, we realize that somethings never really tasted very good -- and some things taste delicious. We also have different tolerances because of how our body digests things, so we may have a psychological reaction to some foods. For instance, eggs sit really heavy in my pouch and make me feel ill -- so my "taste" for eggs has really diminished over the years and they don't seem to taste as good to me as they used to. So I believe the taste factor of eggs is effected directly by my physical reaction to the eggs once they're in my pouch.
HTH
Pam
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The scale can measure the weight of my body but never my worth as a woman. ~Lysa TerKeurst author of Made to Crave
I should have known you'd know.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
My Recipe Index is packed full of yumminess!
Visit my blog: Journey to a Healthier Me ...or my Website
The scale can measure the weight of my body but never my worth as a woman. ~Lysa TerKeurst author of Made to Crave
~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!
And I always liked spicy food but now I love it and the spicier the better. Spicier than I liked it before surgery.
Kelly
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
