Elle-bitter taste

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a note from another elle!

I found that many things tasted bad right after surgery. The Crystal Lite and

SF jello I had planned on using both

totally had a chemical taste (still do) and I couldn't abide Gatorade at all. I

ended up buying bottled water and using

a touch of 'Real Lemon' in the water - and I wanted it very cold too!

I ate a lot of cottage cheese w/ acidolphous because of the problem with

antibiotics killing off our natural bacteria

and also supplemented at 3 weeks with a couple of capsules of live natural

bacteria from the HFS. I use lots of

unsweetened applesauce for flavoring on things like oatmeal..My doc recomended

and I complied with a 3 week

pureed food diet. I felt iw was the best for my body though I know other DS

patients have been told diffferent. I

didn't want to stress those stitches and my new digestive system.

I used lots of soups and since it was summer, slivers of fruit. Yum what a good

taste those things gave me.

After about a month, the wierd taste went away. Each body is different of

course but over time you will discover

the things that taste good.

One problem was coffee! I loved coffee pre op. Now I can't stand the taste! I

have gone to herbal teas and

occasionally try a cafinated tea but it tends to frazzle me with caffine shakes

now. It's hard to understand why I

have this reaction but I guess I'll live with it. Especially since coffee has

gotten so expensive. Sometimes I forget and

order coffee at a restaurant and then grimace at the taste...even here in

Coffee-town USA (aka Portland OR) and

my favorite Seattles Best Coffee makes my teeth feel itchy.

Lets see what else....well mostly things that are made with chemicals taste bad.

I've gone to a 'natural' tooth paste-I

couldn't stand the taste of Crest which I have used for a zillion years,

mouthwash still bothers me, oh and yesterday

I tried Mcs lemonaid when when were on our trip back from the holiday. It

was totally gross for me.

My suggestion is to try things every few weeks, if its something you really

like, otherwise just find a blander

alternative for a while.

Congrats on your DS and keep in touch--we elles have to stick together

elle in orygun, who is NO elle mcpherson!

4 months out and under 200 for the first time in decades