Do things taste different post op?

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

I am two months out and I never have heartburn. I have a really hard time remembering to take my medicine that you're supposed to take for it, (for a few short months) until your stomach realizes it doesn't need to make acid because most of it is gone.

None of my tastes have changed. The only difference I notice since I've had this surgery is that I get really full really fast!

Edited July 3, 2009 by Oregondaisy

[AJW 18]

That sounds good to me! Thanks for sharing.:thumbup1:

I am two months out and I never have heartburn. I have a really hard time remembering to take my medicine that you're supposed to take for it for a few short months until your stomach realizes it doesn't need to make acid because most of it is gone.

None of my tastes have changed. The only difference I notice since I've had this surgery is that I get really full really fast!

[Elisabethsew 50]

OH so there is hope for me that this super-sonic smelling won't last? Thank GOD!

There sure is. Here's a tip for coffee. Take 1/4 packet of SF hot chocolate and add it to the hot coffee. I so missed the pre-op taste of coffee but now the taste and smell and coffee is back... almost to normal. Ahhhhhhhh.

[Malaika 50]

There sure is. Here's a tip for coffee. Take 1/4 packet of SF hot chocolate and add it to the hot coffee. I so missed the pre-op taste of coffee but now the taste and smell and coffee is back... almost to normal. Ahhhhhhhh.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.... I think I love you Elisabeth! LOL ... I will definitely try it as oh I have missed my morning cup of coffee

[Malaika 50]

I had acid reflux before surgery - not all the time, just depended on what I ate and whether it agreed with me or not ... my acid reflux is the same since the surgery. I take the 20 mg. of Nexium mups daily in the morning as Dr. Aceves recommends and will do so for 3 months and if I still have acid reflux, will treat it as I did before the sugery - with Nexium and/or Zantac on an as needed basis.