Will my taste buds ever go back to normal?

[TooneyNinosMom 50]

I'm 6 weeks Post Op as of yesterday and I don't feel like I am eating anything anymore. I can't stand chicken, which I used to love. Beef is alright but still hard to get down. eggs make me gag, I used to love my veggie and cheese omelette every day pre-op. Now eggs make me gag no matter how they are cooked. I CAN'T STAND BACON!! Tried a piece on Sunday and it was disgusting to me. I need Protein but everything I eat makes me nauseous unless it's vegetables. I can't live on cucumbers and ranch alone. Anyone further out than me who had the same problem early on?

[LittleLizzieLilliput 919]

The more time I heal the more I tolerate and can eat. I wasn't able to eat much until I was 3 months out. Then I started trying the more dense Proteins. I have hated eggs most of my life, post surgery I still couldn't stand them. 2 weeks ago I tried again and...I liked them!! Will your taste preferences change? Probably. Will they change in a direction you can predict? Nope. Stick with your Protein Shakes and getting in the nutrition you need using those methods your body can handle right now. I'm 10 months out and still trying out foods. Some work, some don't. Bacon and chicken are the 2 proteins I can eat with ease. Not regular Pork, not beef, not fish, not much seafood (except shrimp and crab, yay!!).

Have you tried seafood? Fish is often the go-to for many post ops. Scallops, shrimp, crab, all tender and easy on the body. You just gotta keep up with the stuff that does work and keep trying periodically on the stuff that doesn't.

If you aren't getting enough liquids or Protein in a day, you should contact your surgeon's office.

[TooneyNinosMom 50]

1 minute ago, LittleLizzieLilliput said:

The more time I heal the more I tolerate and can eat. I wasn't able to eat much until I was 3 months out. Then I started trying the more dense Proteins. I have hated eggs most of my life, post surgery I still couldn't stand them. 2 weeks ago I tried again and...I liked them!! Will your taste preferences change? Probably. Will they change in a direction you can predict? Nope. Stick with your Protein Shakes and getting in the nutrition you need using those methods your body can handle right now. I'm 10 months out and still trying out foods. Some work, some don't. Bacon and chicken are the 2 Proteins I can eat with ease. Not regular Pork, not beef, not fish, not much seafood (except shrimp and crab, yay!!).

Have you tried seafood? Fish is often the go-to for many post ops. Scallops, shrimp, crab, all tender and easy on the body. You just gotta keep up with the stuff that does work and keep trying periodically on the stuff that doesn't.

If you aren't getting enough liquids or Protein in a day, you should contact your surgeon's office.

i'm getting enough Water and protein.I drink Protein water now since I can no longer stand the shakes. Each water has 15 g protein and increases my water. cucumbers are also water dense so that goes toward my count. I eat nuts, pretty much the only thing I want to eat now a days.

I can't stand fish, it's the seafood taste, that includes shellfish. I was telling my husband last night that maybe I should try giving seafood another try since my tastebuds are out of wack. We went out to eat the other night and I ordered a chicken dish, three bites in I felt like I was going to throw up. I could like taste the "game" of the chicken which is not a gamey protein. Blah.

[LittleLizzieLilliput 919]

Just now, TooneyNinosMom said:

i'm getting enough Water and protein.I drink Protein Water now since I can no longer stand the shakes. Each water has 15 g Protein and increases my water. cucumbers are also water dense so that goes toward my count. I eat nuts, pretty much the only thing I want to eat now a days.

I can't stand fish, it's the seafood taste, that includes shellfish. I was telling my husband last night that maybe I should try giving seafood another try since my tastebuds are out of wack. We went out to eat the other night and I ordered a chicken dish, three bites in I felt like I was going to throw up. I could like taste the "game" of the chicken which is not a gamey protein. Blah.

Nuts and cucumbers (with skin, without they are better) are pretty dense, I don't think I was able to handle any nuts till I was 12 weeks out. So you are doing great on that end! Sounds like digestion won't be a problem for you.

Looks like you only can eat 2 things, as long as you are staying out of the hospital I don't really have any other suggestions for you besides to just try stuff. If nothing at all will work than hopefully you are fine nutritionally with protein water, cucumbers and ranch.

[blizair09 3,250]

I didn't have a lot of aversion to most foods, but what I did have to do was begin looking at food as fuel and choosing things to eat based on what I needed and not what I wanted. Even when I didn't really like something so much (protein shakes as an example), I just consumed it because I needed it for my macros. That helped me get my mind in the right place.

And I agree that your tastes do change as the days and weeks go on. If you hate something now, you may end up loving it later. (That is the way salmon worked for me.)

Good luck!