For anyone suffering loss of taste and smell after CV, there is a cure. Dr. Bryan Ardis put out a video on nicotine and how it resets the brain. 2mg nicorette gum cut into 4 pieces chew 1 piece for 10 minutes 4x daily. After 3 days my taste and smell was back. its been over a year with no taste or smell. No side effects ftom the gum!!