Metallic taste - Just AWFUL

[ccjll 177]

I had surgery last Wednesday - finally feeling a little bit better. I've been real good about the liquid diet and NO SUGAR... I got on the scale today and I'm down 8lbs since surgery - not too bad, a pound a day but I have to say, unfortunately, that I am hungry! I wasn't the first few days but now I am. Also, I do not find much restriction with foods going down - like I can gulp Water, I thought it would be much more restricted but with the swelling going down I don't see much difference in my stomach function albeit I'm staying the course and only eating what the nutritionist & doc have prescribed on the documents they gave me before surgery. Hell, if I only had this willpower before surgery I believe the same effect would take place - if I put myself into ketosis the weight would come off.

Nonetheless - this is LONG TERM and will continue to give me the tool to shed these pounds!

so, my question is this - what can I chew/eat to get rid of this metallic taste in my mouth! It's just disgusting and makes me feel worse than ever!

My post-op is tomorrow and I'll ask the doc as well.

[jennybean 175]

Ketosis causes bad metallic breath. Not sure what you can do, except chew gum BUT some doctors say NO GUM. As far as no restriction, I am in the same boat. I just had my first fill and still not really much different.

It will take a few fills before you get the real work from the band.

[2muchfun 8,927]

You'll be in "bandster hell" until you get the fill that gives you enough restriction for the band to work it's magic. That may be 1 fill or 6. No one knows. Till then, like our esteemed forum member B-52 says,

"Until there's restriction...It's just another diet"

[mrsto 2,925]

I kept TicTacs with me at all times. In the beginning, I tried to chew a half a piece of gum, but got serious gas. Now, I have zero issues with it. But Tic Tacs helped with the metallic taste. If you don't like them, there are tons of other sugar free mints to try.