Mike
You sound exactly like Bob during TX. Food was his passion and he'll tell you the main cause for his depression during and after treatment.
While he still doesn't have all his taste back he is at about 90% two years out...He can now even tolerate some foods that I find too spicy like General Tsaos chicken and Chorizo sausage??
chocolate still tastes bad among the few old favorites he misses and vinegar seems to bother him sometimes. The first thing he got back only a few months after treatment was coffee?? So now he is a connassuer of sorts and imports his Kona from Hawaii...He has also developed an addiction to fresh tomatoes especially on pizza??
It is a slow road for sure and frustrating but doable. After it gets worse believe me it will get better. A year out seems like forever away now but it really seems to happen faster than you would think especially when there is healing and steady progress. You will be normal it might just be a little different.
Peace
Denise