Pat,

I have come to learn that the taste bud issues are quite tricky and that everyone reacts and recovers differently. I tried my best to get my RO to tell me how long out of commission without much luck. That seems to be a question that they don't like to be faced with. The only thing he would tell me was that "on average" it takes between 2 and 10 months following treatment to get the buds back. He also made it a point to say that in some cases they may not ever fully return for certain food tastes. That is the part he hated to have to tell me.

Personally, I am just over 7 months post Tx and I can tell some improvement but nowhere near full recovery. It seems that I pick up a sweet taste with any type of bread product as well as anything made with corn or corn itself. Imagine Fritos tasting sweet but they do to me. On the other hand, I can't seem to get enough salt taste no matter how much I salt something. Most desserts I can't tolerate after having a major sweet tooth for my first 59 years. I find that one of the few sweet treats I am able to tolerate is Skittles and I can really put them away!

I'm still looking back to that "2 to 10 month" feature told by my RO. I am just looking forward now to the 10 month point and hope I make it. On the other hand, you may have completely different results and hopefully you will get taste back sooner.

Bill D.