I am 18 mos. 3 days post Tx and full taste is still not back. I have concluded that it is probably as good as it will ever be. Saliva is maybe 80% pre Tx and is also most likely as good as it will get. When last seen by my ENT in Oct. she said at that point that most likely the saliva activity was most likely as good as it will ever be. She wasn't as certain about the taste buds.

I would say that taste is maybe 75 to 80% returned and it is quite odd. Some things taste real close to the old days and others are still way off. Alcohol in any form, wine, beer, etc. is one of the worst tasting things of all as well as chocolate. In fact, most sweets taste terrible and the biggest problem seems to be lack of sweet sensation. One of the few candies I can even tolerate is Skittles. On the upside, I seem to have full return of taste of coffee and never totally lost it. I can do without the alcohol but thank the Lord my coffee taste is here.

Bill D.