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Dodo
8 months agoMember
Worried I’ll overdose on salt!
Hello, I’m new here. I’ve only had one round of chemo (last Tuesday) and I’m completely weirded out by my mouth turning into a foreign entity! The only thing that seems to give me any sense of my old...
Afraser
8 months agoMember
Ah, the unexpected joys of chemo. Some chemotherapies are, to quote my oncologist, hard on soft tissue - eyes, mouth, nose. For me that meant a bloody nose and taste buds gone west. I could not taste most foods - the conventional wisdom is something spicy (salt may count!) but that didn't work for me. The few things I could taste were all mild - like egg and avocado! Everything else was soggy cardboard. The good news is that it rarely lasts longer than the chemo. And it could be worse, a colleague had taste buds that made everything she put in her mouth taste burned! Best you can do is continue to eat well even if it gives no pleasure ( your body will be grateful, promise) and convince yourself that too much salt for what I hope is a relatively short time isn't too bad. Count down the weeks! Best wishes.
- Dodo8 months agoMember
Thanks so much! That’s very helpful. Yep, I’ll defo be counting down the weeks!