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Lost taste buds
Hi, after 6 months of chemo (only 1 more to go), my taste buds are non existing. Nothing tastes the way they used to, I only eat so to keep my energy levels up., How long does it take for our ta...
The burps were terrible. It was like I ate something dead so I really didn't want to eat at all and I couldn't taste it anyway. I settled on things like rolled oats with honey, honey and bananas, custard, yakult and cupasoups. It was like I had gone back to being a baby which with lots of cells being destroyed and brand new ones growing I guess I was. Rinsing with salt water or bicarb and water did help a lot. I couldn't even use ordinary tooth paste and had to get a special one from the chemist so it wouldn't burn my mouth. It comes good eventually, its just something you have to endure. <3