My dogs still have weight problems as a result of all of the foods that I had "Jones" for and ended up not eating. Thanks for reminding me about that Liz ;-).

I ate solid food at around 5-6 weeks out, starting with soft foods. My taste buds recovered pretty quickly but in stages with salt being the first and sweets being the last. Oddly, there were a few things that I could taste throughout, like coffee flavor but many things tasted altered, metallic or just simply like sh*t. It was wierd because things smelled normal.

I didn't get a PEG, hated Boost and Ensure so I had to make do with other nutrients like Carnation Instant Breakfast (I don't think that the VHC variety was around them) - I just got the regular supermarket stuff. I did drop a lot of weight though, but have put a little 1/2 of it back on. The rest I didn't need anyway.