Hi all

Did anyone else get a very sweet taste in their mouth (saliva) during the pre-op protein shake stage? I have been tested for diabetes and am not so just curious if anyone else has this...

Yes! I hated it and had a hard time drinking my Protein shakes. I was supposed to drink 5 a day and was lucky near the end to get 2 a day in. I ended up living on really good quality chicken broth.

After surgery I could not tolerate sweet at all because of that taste in my mouth. It took almost 6 months before I could tolerate sweet things and especially artificially sweet things. Even now I have to find puddings and shakes that are less sweet tasting. But at least I can tolerate some now.

I kind of thought it was a product of detoxing from sugar. Prior to my preop liquid diet I was a sugarholic. That diet cleared me of that issue for sure.

I no longer get that taste in my mouth but I also never crave sweets thank goodness. Yet I can have a bite or two and they taste good again as long as they are not artificially sweetened. Now if I have a craving it is usually for something crunchy.

Hopefully it will pass after surgery. Good luck!