I’m just 11 days post surgery so my body is still really in the early healing stages. I love this forum because all the contributors have answered so many of my questions and I felt more prepared realizing that a lot of things were normal parts of this way of life.

The one thing that shocked me today is the smell of cheddar cheese. I’ve always been a cheese lover and no other smells have really bothered me but my hubby nuked a chili cheese dog for his dinner and I got really nauseated from the foot odor smell of the cheese!

Anyone else have any out of the blue, unexpected surprises after surgery?

Yes, I had several food aversions early on....anything chocolate, like sf chocolate pudding made me barf and I tolerate a little now, but not that crazy about it anymore. A few months after surgery this dissipates somewhat. There are other weird things though - when I am full I get a runny nose, hiccups, or sneeze. I now stop eating sooner because I can tell before those things happen that 'soon' one will appear...lol hiccups are the norm now, but not unusual to get 2 of the 3 symptoms.

Thanks for the reply, I hope I have a similar outcome and that my aversion is only temporary,

I’m only 3 weeks out, but I have issues with anything sweeter than a protein shake. I used to love fruit on the bottom yogurt, but now the fruit part is too sweet, so I don’t mix it all the way in. Also, just the smell of nutella or peanut butter make me nauseous. I have issues with dense foods, too, but I think that’s bc it hasn’t even been a month yet.

4 days post-op and it may be my imagination, but I swear my smell is better. My family was eating Cool Ranch Doritos in the other room and I could smell it I didn't really want any, but they did smell good.

1 minute ago, PopsFury said:

4 days post-op and it may be my imagination, but I swear my smell is better. My family was eating Cool Ranch Doritos in the other room and I could smell it I didn't really want any, but they did smell good.

Same here. Today, it was the smell of toast.

I'm 3 1/2 months out and I'm now allergic to poultry! Wth! I've been told it could change back though.

I am a typical English girl who loves cup of tea but no more!

I can still drink it but it tastes strange and I no longer enjoy it like I used to

I also can no longer eat any kind of potatoe, no chips (fries to you americans) no mash, no crisps

Strange, now WHAT am I going to be allergic/ intolerant of? Most i had worried about to now was lactose, NOW MORE GROUNDS FOR FRETTING????

2 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

Strange, now WHAT am I going to be allergic/ intolerant of? Most i had worried about to now was lactose, NOW MORE GROUNDS FOR FRETTING????

With your positive attitude, you will sail through your surgery, no doubt about it.

Lots of weird food aversions early on. Most of them went away completely. I pretty much have the same likes and dislikes. I just don't like things being too sweet now.