Hi I'm 4 days post-op. Started having this funny taste in my mouth. Can't really taste anything. Anyone experience this and if so, what is it and how long did it last?

Hmmm...could be the post-op diet, which doesn't offer much in the way of taste. Or some residual medications used during the banding that have a side effect which you are tasting. I know some medications can make your mouth taste like tin.

BTW; love that Prince song. Now that's going to be my earworm for today!

Hmmm...could be the post-op diet, which doesn't offer much in the way of taste. Or some residual medications used during the banding that have a side effect which you are tasting. I know some medications can make your mouth taste like tin.

BTW; love that Prince song. Now that's going to be my earworm for today!

I think the taste is an oral yeast infection from the penicillin. After I looked at my tounge and saw how coated it was.

Yes! I Loooooovveee Prince! <3

Did you see him on New Girl? I wonder if they really filmed it at Paisley Park.

I've seen him twice in concert...in 2009 he performed inside one of Paris' museums and it was fantastic! Then in 2010 he did a concert in a huge stadium in Paris...Maceo Parker was one of the surprises of that evening. Man I love Maceo...and Maceo AND Prince? Gett off!

I think the taste is an oral yeast infection from the penicillin. After I looked at my tounge and saw how coated it was. Yes! I Loooooovveee Prince! <3

I have the same thing. It's called thrush and it comes from all the antibiotics they pumped us with. I've been trying to scrape it off every morning. I will tell my doctor about it on Tuesday.

I've been almost 2 weeks post op and had the same thing. I made a doctors appointment and sure enough it turned out not to be thrush. It's because your body is not used to the way you've been eating now. Don't pay to much attention to it, will go away in no time

I don't know if this will help the topical symptoms, but I use the tongue scraper (available at any Walgreens or Walmart: http://images.wisegeek.com/tongue-scraper.jpg), and am always implementing that with my daily tooth brushing ritual. It makes my mouth feel 100% fresher, I love those things.

About the thrush, maybe this would work--get any flavor of Listerine, and hold it in your mouth for several minutes. This might be uncomfortable because of the burn and you might have the urge to spit it out, but hold on if you can. When the burn has settled down after several minutes and you just feel a warmth, spit it out. I had an impacted salivary gland (looked like a pimple under the tongue) and I tried that and it seemed to calm it down and sterilize the mouth.

Did you see him on New Girl? I wonder if they really filmed it at Paisley Park.

I've seen him twice in concert...in 2009 he performed inside one of Paris' museums and it was fantastic! Then in 2010 he did a concert in a huge stadium in Paris...Maceo Parker was one of the surprises of that evening. Man I love Maceo...and Maceo AND Prince? Gett off!

Yes!!! I was so excited!! Loving that fro!! Wow!! Macro?!? That must've been awesome!!

Thanks everyone. I did find a Rx for Diflucan in my discharge packet. So I will need getting that filled tomorrow. I did the Listerine Skywalker and that did give me some relief as well as brush the crap out of my tongue. Lol!