Jeff,
It took a while to get there...certainly more than four months out, but eventually I recovered most of my sense of taste and began really enjoying coffee again as well as sweets. Almost every night I put a little bag of mini-Oreos over a scoop of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream...and love it! (Sorry to you non-Texans and assorted others who don't have Blue Bell available). The dry mouth I guess I will always live with but it just ain't that bad.

Hang in there buddy and in time the new normal won't be so bad.

Take care,
Danny G.