I think I can safely say that my sense of taste has fully (or at least close enough to fully) returned. Sense of saltiness and bitterness were the first to recover. The ability to taste sweetness was last and was a long time in coming.

Back in January, I wrote "I'll eat all those vile-tasting 'healthy' foods that I generally avoid." Ironically I think I found myself doing the opposite. Desperate to taste again, I continued to eat junk food, more than normal. I couldn't taste it and I think deep down each one was a hopeful "Maybe this time...." I managed to reverse what up until January had been a slow but steady weight loss, gaining about 7 pounds. Fortunately everything has settled again and I'm on track for losing that weight again. Plus I find it hard to watch the movie 300 and not feel inspired to get in better shape.