FECK! I've lost my taste buds :(

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 4:30pm #1

Right, drank about 600ml of JD yesterday then pints, not too late of a session and was in bed by about 4-5am.

But today I can't taste a thing

OJ for brekkie - couldn't taste it
Greasy takeaway lunch to cure the stomach - couldn't taste it
Now i'm drinking a can of Bulmers, and can't taste a thing

WTF's going on here then?

minidazzler · 24-12-2009 4:31pm

Um, well, you haven't lost them, they are just dulled, how about stop drinking for a while?

Karoma · 24-12-2009 4:32pm

Bordering on medical advice, but as a doctor I can tell you: You're dying.

Merry Christmas.

Gillington · 24-12-2009 4:32pm

Thats incredible,I found some taste buds about 4-5am.

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 4:33pm

minidazzler wrote: »

Um, well, you haven't lost them, they are just dulled, how about stop drinking for a while?

Stop drinking? You havin' a laugh.. it's the only time of the year you can get away with drinking at any house :pac:

Karoma wrote: »

Bordering on medical advice, but as a doctor I can tell you: You're dying.

Merry Christmas.

Karoma dearest, we're *all* dying :P

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 4:33pm

Gillington wrote: »

Thats incredible,I found some taste buds about 4-5am.

Stick them up on eBay there and i'll chance me arm

biko · 24-12-2009 4:34pm

It's the JD, try whiskey instead.

Karoma · 24-12-2009 4:34pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

Karoma dearest, we're *all* dying :P

Did we go to Doctor University together?! Ah well, manners dictate that I invite you to die first (So do the voices.)

tolosenc · 24-12-2009 4:36pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

Karoma dearest, we're *all* dying :P

WHAT DID YOU DO?!

jumpguy · 24-12-2009 4:38pm

Can happen to dying people.

Sea Sharp · 24-12-2009 5:15pm

A similar thing happens to you when you smoke.

MarkR · 24-12-2009 5:17pm

Brush your teeth ya dirt mongrel.

kiad · 24-12-2009 5:18pm

Try looking under the sofa. I lost my watch last week and I found it under my sofa. Its worth a shot

**Timbuk2** · 24-12-2009 5:20pm

So basically your diet looked like this?

Alcohol-Alcohol-Acid-Grease-Alcohol

Jaysus!

weeder · 24-12-2009 5:22pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

Right, drank about 600ml of JD yesterday then pints, not too late of a session and was in bed by about 4-5am.

But today I can't taste a thing

OJ for brekkie - couldn't taste it
Greasy takeaway lunch to cure the stomach - couldn't taste it
Now i'm drinking a can of Bulmers, and can't taste a thing

WTF's going on here then?

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA its dinner of the year tomorrow and you cant taste BAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

The Saint · 24-12-2009 5:23pm

At least you can fill up on Brussel sprouts tomorrow without wanting to puke.

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 5:24pm

MarkR wrote: »

Brush your teeth ya dirt mongrel.

I did, I even brushed my tongue!

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

So basically your diet looked like this?

Alcohol-Alcohol-Acid-Grease-Alcohol

Jaysus!

Pretty epic, eh? The folks in Beer Guts Receeding Hairlines forum would be proud

weeder wrote: »

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA its dinner of the year tomorrow and you cant taste BAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

markok84 · 24-12-2009 5:25pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

Right, drank about 600ml of JD yesterday then pints, not too late of a session and was in bed by about 4-5am.

But today I can't taste a thing

OJ for brekkie - couldn't taste it
Greasy takeaway lunch to cure the stomach - couldn't taste it
Now i'm drinking a can of Bulmers, and can't taste a thing

WTF's going on here then?

Jack Daniels, the whiskey for people who don't like whiskey

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 5:28pm

markok84 wrote: »

Jack Daniels, the whiskey for people who don't like whiskey

I don't give a toss what it is or isint... it tastes nice!

markok84 · 24-12-2009 5:30pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

I don't give a toss what it is or isint... it tastes nice!

Did you puke? just outa curiosity, sometimes that destroys the tastebuds for a few days.

kraggy · 24-12-2009 5:34pm

Go to an Asian store and get yourself some proper chillies.

They're as hot as your sister.

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 5:38pm

markok84 wrote: »

Did you puke? just outa curiosity, sometimes that destroys the tastebuds for a few days.

Nope

AnonoBoy · 24-12-2009 7:04pm

Eat a chili. That'll cut through your lack of taste for a while.

uncle-mofo · 24-12-2009 7:17pm

600ml of whiskey and cans? That's just plain irresponsible. Pull it back a notch if you want your liver to work past 40.

AnonoBoy · 24-12-2009 7:24pm

uncle-mofo wrote: »

600ml of whiskey and cans? That's just plain irresponsible. Pull it back a notch if you want your liver to work past 40.

He's worried about his taste buds Dr. Buzzkill, not his liver just yet.

orourkeda · 24-12-2009 8:32pm

Only 600ml of whiskey.

Thats a pack of BS. It should take at least 2 bottles before your bodily functions begin to deteriorate.

reggiethefirst · 24-12-2009 8:40pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

I don't give a toss what it is or isint... it tastes nice!

You lost your taste buds long ago sir.

InkSlinger67 · 24-12-2009 8:56pm

I was expecting the OP to have a (Red Dwarf in Dublin) Cat-like fashion crisis

[Dublin Accent]....I've lost my taste, Buds!!!!!! [/Dublin Accent]

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 9:00pm

uncle-mofo wrote: »

600ml of whiskey and cans? That's just plain irresponsible. Pull it back a notch if you want your liver to work past 40.

Thanks clownface, but i'm not looking for advise about my internal organs.... just my taste buds

AnonoBoy wrote: »

He's worried about his taste buds Dr. Buzzkill, not his liver just yet.

Thank you

orourkeda wrote: »

Only 600ml of whiskey.

Thats a pack of BS. It should take at least 2 bottles before your bodily functions begin to deteriorate.

Oh yes!

reggiethefirst wrote: »

You lost your taste buds long ago sir.

Meh

Ross_Mahon · 24-12-2009 9:08pm

Your not drinking enough JD

Astrogeek · 24-12-2009 9:11pm

Down a load of water, see if you sleep it off, you could be getting a head cold.

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 9:20pm

Astrogeek wrote: »

Down a load of water, see if you sleep it off, you could be getting a head cold.

Oh I think I already have that. Blocked/sniffley nose, but not feeling sh1tty yet.

To make things worse, i'm going swimming in the sea tomorrow - shorts only! :eek:

Tellox · 24-12-2009 9:26pm

This is actually a well guarded secret amongst teenage and early-twenties drinkers. 600ml of JD and exactly a couple of cans is scientifically proven to temporarily disable your taste buds, thus allowing you to head down the park and swig back a sixer of dutch without the fear of projectile vomiting all over one of the lads, or young wans' you're tryin to be scorin into'.

Thephantomsmask · 24-12-2009 9:50pm

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

So basically your diet looked like this?

Alcohol-Alcohol-Acid-Grease-Alcohol

Jaysus!

Basically all of the things a pair of doc marten's soles guarantee to be resistant to

Jako8 · 24-12-2009 9:57pm

Did you check between the cushions on the couch?

Buceph · 24-12-2009 10:06pm

For all the joking in this thread it's a fairly serious concern. One of the things excessive alcohol can cause is a killing of the nerves and pathways of the tastebuds to the brain.

OP, it's most likely just an interrupt of the pathways and only a temporary thing, but it could be a permanent severing of them.

Best of luck.

Edit: Also, don't drink for a few days because it's most likely a reaction to the alcohol, and any more could trigger more serious effects like blindness.

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 10:40pm

Buceph wrote: »

Edit: Also, don't drink for a few days because it's most likely a reaction to the alcohol

Heh, i've been sipping on cans all afternoon watching Home Alone. In fairness though I went for a walk through town (tradition on XMas eve with me) but I had a cheeky bottle of coke and JD for that

and any more could trigger more serious effects like blindness.

hiudiO hiflkwqjur33i5 nklnklasi nsdalisna :eek:

Dyr · 24-12-2009 11:06pm

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

So basically your diet looked like this?

Alcohol-Alcohol-Acid-Grease-Alcohol

Jaysus!

I concur, OP you need to elimiate that acid from your diet

JohnCleary · 24-12-2009 11:07pm

Bambi wrote: »

I concur, OP you need to elimiate that acid from your diet

Feck, that must be it

PS. Which bit is the acid? :pac:

JohnCleary · 25-12-2009 1:18pm

ALL SORTED!

I was able to taste my can of Bulmers this morining :pac:

phlegms · 25-12-2009 2:46pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

ALL SORTED!

I was able to taste my can of Bulmers this morining :pac:

I thinking you have a drinking problem tbh..

opinion guy · 25-12-2009 3:12pm

To be honest if you drank that much and your only symptom was not being able to taste something I think you are getting off lightly:D

triple-M · 25-12-2009 3:19pm

try cutting off your tongue,that should help

JohnCleary · 25-12-2009 4:35pm

phlegms wrote: »

I thinking you have a drinking problem tbh..

I prefer to call it student at Christmas :pac:

blah · 25-12-2009 4:44pm

phlegms wrote: »

I thinking you have a drinking problem tbh..

JohnCleary wrote: »

I prefer to call it student at Christmas :pac:

Sounds like a drinking problem. Think about taking a look at the non-drinkers' forum before your body decides to warn you with something more serious.

JohnCleary · 25-12-2009 4:55pm

phlegms wrote: »

I thinking you have a drinking problem tbh..

blah wrote: »

Sounds like a drinking problem. Think about taking a look at the non-drinkers' forum before your body decides to warn you with something more serious.

Wow, you're some fcuking bundle of fun... off to the 'Bah Humbug' forum with you :pac:

Buceph · 25-12-2009 5:01pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

Wow, you're some fcuking bundle of fun... off to the 'Bah Humbug' forum with you :pac:

Is there a Bah Humbug forum? Because if there's not there's not one should definitely be made. It's horrendous watching people hating something for all the wrong reasons. Hate it if you have no family, or can't feed yourself, but if you're like most of the population, who celebrate the only time where people are told to stop and enjoy themselves, their family and friends, then there is something seriously wrong with you.

Or you're a teenager.

One or the other.

JohnCleary · 25-12-2009 5:12pm

I'm a student. Not *quite* still a teenager though, but not that long gone.

To the "Christmas Drinking" thread with me ....

Buceph · 25-12-2009 5:31pm

That wasn't directed at you, I was just quoting the Bah Humbug forum suggestion. I was saying the people who hate Christmas must be teenagers or have come from ****e families.

FECK! I've lost my taste buds :(

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