# Taste malfunction!

**URL:** <https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/taste-malfunction/28556>\
**Category:** New diagnosis and before diagnosis\
**Created:** [22 September 2013 07:22 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/taste-malfunction/28556 "2013-09-22T07:22:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Post date:** [22 September 2013 07:22 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/taste-malfunction/28556/1 "2013-09-22T07:22:10Z")

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I had a toffee cheesecake the other day, as did hubby and littl’un. However, it tasted odd, like someone had mixed lemon juice in the toffee sauce. I couldn’t continue, so gave it to hubby who proclaimed it to taste fine and not at all citrus-like. Now, I’ve had an odd sensation on the tip of my tongue for days; it feels like I’ve scalded it but haven’t. I wonder if this has contributed to the taste malfunction. Nothing else has tasted odd, by the way. The kitkat I had shortly afterward was its usual yummy self. Has anyone else had any problems with taste?

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**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\
**Post date:** [22 September 2013 08:09 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/taste-malfunction/28556/2 "2013-09-22T08:09:36Z")

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Yes I had a week where everything tasted a bit musty you know like a wet towel left in a bag then it cleared. Axx

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**Post date:** [22 September 2013 08:13 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/taste-malfunction/28556/3 "2013-09-22T08:13:15Z")

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I had a few days where everything tasted like metal, metallic , horrible

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**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\
**Post date:** [22 September 2013 08:30 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/taste-malfunction/28556/4 "2013-09-22T08:30:37Z")

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My god, I bet you were gutted!!!

It’s not happened to me (please please don’t let it happen) but I am sure that others will come along with their thoughts.  
\<rushes off to kitchen to check that the chocolate is still okay. Yes, I know its only 9:30 on Sunday morning - don’t judge me. lol\>

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**Post date:** [22 September 2013 08:39 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/taste-malfunction/28556/5 "2013-09-22T08:39:24Z")

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Arwen and Gray - eurgh! Glad those cleared up for you! Angela - I don’t blame you! I wasn’t overly gutted by the loss of the toffee cheesecake. Toffee is not my favourite anyway. I’ll be testing another sweet treat in a coffee shop on Tuesday when my friend and I escape for a mum’s morning out. Please, dear tastebuds, don’t let me down! I know that the sense of smell is related to taste and my olfactory abilities are not too wonderful these days. Another symptom? I have to wonder.

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**Post date:** [22 September 2013 09:32 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/taste-malfunction/28556/6 "2013-09-22T09:32:45Z")

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One of my first symptoms was that everything tasted off and one sided tongue numbness. Recently it’s happened again, but only with cold food! I ate lots of soup that week! As soon as the food started cooling the taste went. Very strange!