Heightened senses after Sleeve

[FRED1977 186]

Hello everyone, I went to my one week post op checkup earlier this week and since surgery I have noticed I have a heightened sense of smell, and taste. I know it sounds weird but I talked to the PA and she was telling me that its quite often that people have heightened senses after the sleeve. One thing that I don’t like about this is that for some reason I can smell peoples breath and it always smells bad and sometimes really weird. When I drink things like Protein Shakes if I have to much it starts to give me a metallic taste in my mouth. Drinking Powerade zero’s start to taste like Jello. This is the only thing I hate worse than the soar belly and blood clot in my right arm. The PA told me that this heightened senses are usually caused because of the anesthesia . Has anyone else experienced this at any time?

[aliekat55 157]

i had heightened ability to smell for a few days. it was amazing for a while. i remember being at the airport and being able to tell you what the food stores were for 100 yards. Still I was not hungry so it did not bother me too much. after a while I just wanted to get away from it.

the other thing to look out for is changes in temperature tolerance. i have always been hot, needing cool air to feel comfortable, now i am all over the place, from hot to cold to in between. I have to keep a heavy sweatshirt nearby and it put it on and shed it regularly during the day. You would think i was going through menopause.

[ChristineR 128]

Yeah it's like being pregnant all over again. It will pass in due time.

[laners777 145]

Yup, heightened smell is what I am experiencing. It is EXACTLY like being pregnant all over again. I'm 6 weeks out of surgery and it's still happening. I am just getting used to it and thinking if it stays and the weight drops off....I will take that trade-off any day! I try to keep an extra arms distance from people since I can smell their breath at a heightened level and close friends/family...I throw them a mint

[FRED1977 186]

Thanks for the replies I just had to know if I was the only superhuman,lol....

[Patti K 98]

My taste has changed. I can taste sweeteners now and they taste chemically. Splenda is the only one I can stand and where before the sleeve I had 4 in a large McDonalds iced tea now I do 2-3.