Tonsil Log

I haven't been posting here much since I no longer feel like a post-operative person. Life goes on and other things loom back into importance. Some lingering effects that are different than before the operation remain though. Mainly my sensation of taste still appears to be relatively fried. I can taste things, and things no longer taste outright burned to me, but most things still taste relatively flat. Mild things hardly register as good at all. Really strong flavors or excess amounts of butter or salt or sugar register, but milder amounts don't. Haven't tried coke in a few weeks, haven't even felt the desire to though I do miss the sensation of enjoying the taste of something so much. Potatoes and veggies with LOTS of butter taste ok. Paul Newman's butter boom popcorn tastes ok (though not overly buttery or salty like it used to), hershey's chocolate bars taste ok - cheap store brand halloween candy tastes like rancid cardboard. Milk is ok but feels lik...

Another day, trying not to think about whatever it is that feels like it is dangling down in the back of my thoat. Another day of irrigation and resisting the urge to just take a toothbrush to the back of my throat and clean out whatever it is that is coming loose.