When most of us begin to taste again it may only be for the first bite and as time progresses and as our saliva increases so does our taste. For me personally I didn't notice a taste improvement until my 4th month post Tx, then again at 5 months, then the biggest improvement came at 14 months and another small one came at 24 months. I suspect that my taste and saliva improvements were actually steady but that's how I perceived my changes. For some reason I never lost my sweet taste during Tx even though sweets were void in my pre Tx life. Today, 5 years out, my ability to taste sweet is my strongest. Even unsweetened Cuban coffee tastes sweet! lol I estimate that I am 90 to 95% back to normal but that's really hard to estimate as we soon forget what normal was. Anyway I'm totally happy with my taste and saliva considering what my throat was subjected to.

Word to both of you...we are all anxious to reclaim our life after Tx ends but for the overwhelming majority our recovery can take every bit of 2 years to fully reach what our new normal will be so please be patient. We have never found anything that accelerates or even improves this recovery process other than rest, hydration, plenty of calories and time so again both of you just be patient and see how it goes.