@johnschaar You should be on that cusp of returning to some normalization when it comes to food and eating. Eight weeks and your body is finally beginning to heal.
For me, some foods never taste the same anymore while others I enjoy now when previous I never had cared for. I am happy to hear that you can swallow okay. This is usually the issue with most patients. Likely the damage done to your nerves reflect in your taste buds not giving your brain the results you are expecting, and this takes sometimes years to work itself out. I for one think that our tastes never correct but our brain gets used to the new flavors. Maybe you could find a little something you do enjoy eating and just stay with that for a while. I ate a lot of custard pie in the first three or four months, tolerable and actually good protein as well.