Ugggggh

Sadly losing your tastebuds (normally temporarily!!) is not unknown - mine walked on Taxol not A/C. I thought everything tasting of cardboard was pretty awful until a colleague who had been through the same thing a few years before noted that for a while everything she ate tasted burnt! Spicy food helps some, I lived on salads, eggs and avocado. Can't advise on the mouth though, I had a bit of dryness and thought about Biotene but same friend described it as tasting like someone else's spit, so I passed on that one. But others have found it helped. Best wishes