For me, the first month after tx everything tasted burnt. Like charcoal, even water had a burnt taste. It was awful. Then came the overly salted taste which was around for a couple more months. The worst one I went thru while my taste recovered was the over spiced phase, that hung around for a long time. Now, Im 1 1/2 yrs post tx and tasting things pretty well.

I was feeling adventurous so took my children to a buffet. Figured I could try a bunch of things to get an idea of what I can and cant eat. I made the mistake of trying chinese lo mein. There is some type of spice in it which burned my mouth so bad. I gulped my chocolate milk, furiously wiped my tongue with napkins and actually ran for more chocolate milk and drank 2 more glasses right there at the beverage station. Oh well, probably gave some people a good laugh. That was about a year ago, I havent been brave enough to retry it, but one day I will.