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Margaret:
Sorry to hear your taste is not what it was. That will happen when going thru chemo/radiation, and it really stinks!!!! Unfortunately, it will probably get alot worse than it is now. Eat as much nutritious foods as you can. If you can handle pizza, meats, mexican food, eat them now cuz it might be a while before you are able to eat like you did prior to being treated.
Have you tried eating with plastic utensils? Easy foods to try if your mouth is bothering you are yogurt, puddings, soup (some are easier than others), canned peaches. I also drank alot of yoo-hoo and chocolate milk during my treatments. Even with having a PEG, keep trying to eat and swallow daily or you can have difficulty down the road.
Best of luck to you, Christine ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive |