Hello ..Jackie here.Ablation is a procedure where Dr. Puts a tiny tube with camera in your arm vein and he put in radioactive beads in tumor which made it die.other procedure was a microwave ablation where same procedure but it fried the tumor I was knocked out for that.go home frew hrs later. After my transplant for 8 mos.all food tasted horrible.yes
Metallic taste.but my good old taste buds came back slowly esp since Dr did away with most meds now take tactrolimus.it will get better.hang in there

Hi Bette, when I had no sense of taste before my transplant, I found that cinnamon added a bit of taste to apples or breakfast toast or oatmeal. I also enjoyed adding a bit of lemon juice to pasta or to stir fry or roasted veggies. Warm (not hot) broth was good. I did not do smoothies, but ensure with a scoop of ice cream was suggested by my GI. I also had nausea. I don’t remember whether I was given anything for that. Room temperature ginger ale was another thing I could enjoy. There are some no salt seasonings on the market. I was happy using the original Mrs Dash.

Your husband is a real darling for making nutritious smoothies for you.
Have you talked to your doctor about your lack of taste? Has he offered any tips?

Bette, have you tried sucking on a mint? I used to keep mint life savers on hand.