Great point everyone. Im doing my best. Overnight I lost my sense of taste. It had been touchy for a few days, but i still tasted some things. So eating this morning was unusual and unpleasant. It was both a wonder and disappointment trying different things to see if it tasted any different. I went through a whole refrigerator full of condiments and foods, to no avail. Everything is now texture, but no flavor. I dont know why, but this actually made me cry. My brain knows its temporary, but for some weird reason this is what broke the camel's back, so to speak. I just couldnt bring myself to eat, what essentially tastes like cardboard...so I drank my protein drink instead.

At my treatment this morning, talking with a group of fellow cancer patients...we all shared similar trials and tribulations. At least, i know im not the only one experiencing early problems. We all kind of laughed (perhaps a bit sarcastically) at the ...you dont feel the effects til about the third week,so you shouldnt be feeling this way...statement we had heard from the nurses and doctors. The dry mouth, thick saliva, and gum pain from the flouride treatments have also begun, with ongoing fatigue and nausea, and did I mention skin problems? But! Hey! Its manageable. I can still function and move about, so all is still good in the world.

Anyway....just giving a checkin. Im doing fine.