HI Shez,

I too had a right temporal lobectomy back in 2002. My surgeon warned me that most likely I would lose some if not all of my peripheral vision in my right eye. He was right. Im not sure if this is the "pie in the sky" you are referring to, but that is the effect I have after surgery, just as predicted.
No change in taste except for with the Topamax I take, chocolate tastes weird as do a few other things, nothing major though. Smells are still normal.
Hearing seems to be heightened.