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Loss of taste after liver transplant

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@cherismikes

Our daughter had transplant was wondering if there is any one thing to get her to eat better. I know that anesthesia takes your appetite away. But it has been 5 weeks.

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@cherismikes - I'd like to welcome you to Connect. Please pass on to your daughter my sincere congratulations for her liver transplant. In spite of the lack of taste, I hope that she is making a satisfactory recovery.
When I had my transplant (liver and kidney) 13 years ago, I had lost my sense of taste before my transplant. And then it came back, but some of my food preferences did change. I only remember how good a piece of toast and a cup of coffee (that husband brought from coffee shop tasted to me.

Some thoughts I have are - Does your daughter have any food requests that might be attractive to her? Is she getting sufficient nourishment from the shakes?
Cherismikes, I am not a medical professional, just a patient like your daughter. I would also be concerned and frustrated if I felt like this after 5 weeks. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to contact her doctors in the Transplant Department where she transplanted. At Mayo, I have a nurse who is assigned to my case and I can message her thru the patient portal. Are you able to contact her transplant team? What are they saying about her sense of taste and whether it is related to medications?