 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Angelia,
That smell vs taste thing is usually the first of many crappy things that this Tx brings us. You will most likely never lose your sense of smell but will you get use to not trusting it.
Memory is another cruel side effects as you will crave one of your favorite foods and you will mentally taste it and you will probably tell your hubby that he has to get you some because you just know it's going to taste the same and then you smell it and then you take the first bite and then BAM you are thrown back down to your new earth when it tastes like crap. Funny though I never did lose my taste for some sweets even though I rarely ate sweets pre Tx.
Again you are perfectly normal, messed up but normal.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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