So glad for the good results! I'm sure the "wonky" taste buds will improve soon. My son's taste buds improved in small ways and in various places like front of the tongue, back, etc. One thing I noticed is that before trying anything, he would bend his head close to the food and smell it deeply for several seconds. I asked him why he did that and he said that smelling the food was almost like tasting and it brought him memories of what the food had really tasted like before his surgery. We celebrated the small successes like when he was able to swallow one noodle from his chicken noodle soup! Or the day he was able to taste and eat one gourmet jelly bean and his daughter (5 yr old) and I danced around the kitchen!