I have been sick now for almost a week and just the other day my taste buds went and I had never had this happen to me before. When you are so used to smelling and tasting everything all the time you have no idea what it is like to have your taste buds stop working. I will be the first to tell you that it is soo terrible. The fact that you cannot smell or taste means that there is no flavor to anything all you can do is feel the texture in your mouth. With no flavor or smell texture is nothing when you are eating. Now I am very hungry and my belly is growling and there is nothing I can do because food tastes soo gross that I cannot eat it.