Taste

 

Wow, does your taste change when you’re on chemo?

 

When I was receiving my CHOP chemotherapy, I had a permanent metallic type of taste in my mouth, and couldn’t taste any of the food I was eating. It is hard to describe it well, but it is a problem if, like me, you like your food. Old favourites, which you know you like, will become unpleasant and very frustrating to eat.

 

I found that burnt steaks or burnt burgers were something that appealed to me, but when I offered them to the wife or kids, they thought I was mad, but I did get some sort of taste from them, which was mildly pleasant.

 

For drinks, you couldn’t beat Bovril. Not something that I would normally take, but with a big thick spoonful of Bovril in cup of boiling water, I got my taste fix for the day.

 

Strong smoked fish was also something that I became partial to, but you will have to try different things that you wouldn’t normally dream of, and see if you can come up with something better. I tried everything that was available, but the above is really the sum total of my success.

 

The good news is that once chemotherapy finishes, your taste will return, but be warned, it is a slow process, and in my case took a couple of months.

 

 

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