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viking1
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8 years ago

Food, drink and metal mouth food suggestions please!

I had my last docetaxel (chemo 6) last Monday (yeeha!) and noticed that unlike the first three rounds of FEC, mostly everything tastes yucky and metallic on docetaxel.  Well, for me.  I was wondering ...
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TripleTea
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8 years ago
With FEC I ate mashed potato with broccoli and heaps of butter and salt. I could have eaten the salt shaker if possible! With doxetaxel I haven’t craved salt but have liked icecream and cold things like icy poles, thick shakes, watermelon. My mouth feels a little numb but also sore  so I like the cold.