* First, I'm Not a doctor. I'm just sharing a possible similar experience.
* Gee, had to look this one up. The loss of sampling the flavors in food. (Fixya won't allow the word T-A-S-T-E in text)
* Humm, I had the same problem when the dentist took out a tooth. One of my back teeth got infected. He stuck me several times with novacane to dull the pain. It didn't help much as the infection cancelled out the ****. Anyway, tooth out and as the numbness went away. I noticed my tongue buds did not return. It was as if my tongue was numb all the time. Dentist says they probably hit a nerve or the infection caused some nerve damage.
* At the time it didn't bother me until I realized I couldn't define different flavors of various foods. This was critical for me as I was in R&D food at the time. I had to rely on others to try my food creations.
* It eventually returned after 6 months, but I had to relearn to identify all the different flavors and smells for each food item. The strongest was the first and easiest. But after ahh.. 20 years, I still can't determine the nuance in wines. Oh,well better than nothing.
* I donno if this helps, but hopefully it may return. Expect it to be a long journey but at least you can Re-Discover new and wonderful foods that await you!
Aloha, ukeboy57
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