#60467 03-16-2007 01:02 PM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 12 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 12 | I'm 7 weeks out of tx. My husband bought me a p-nut butter easter egg which I promptly bit into and had to spit it out just as promptly because it felt like electricity (like when you bite on a piece of aluminum foil)striking my teeth. Same thing happened when I tried a bite of chocolate cake - ZAP! What is causing this? Am I banned from the chocolate product forever?
Susan Holsberg
ssc r maxilla r partial maxillectomy 9/25 brachytherapy 12/7
28 imrt 12/27 erbitux 12/20 recurrance 5/07 total maxillectomy
keeping my fingers crossed
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#60468 03-16-2007 01:24 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | Susan, could you possibly have a broken tooth or exposed area around your gums? Amy in the Ozarks
CGtoJohn:SCC Flr of Mouth.Dx 3\05. Surg.4\05.T3NOMO.IMRTx30. Recur Dx 1\06.Surg 2\06. Chemo: 4 Cycles of Carbo\Taxol:on Erbitux for 7 mo. Lost our battle 2-23-07- But not the will to fight this disease
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#60469 03-16-2007 02:35 PM | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 | Susan,
I haven't heard of that one before. In my case chocolate just tasted so horrible after about 3 weeks into Tx I quickly spit out from taste as opposed to a shock sensation.
Bill D.
Dx 4/27/06, SCC, BOT, Stage III/IV, Tx 5/25/06 through 7/12/06 - 33 IMRT and 4 chemo, radical right side neck dissection 9/20/06.
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#60470 03-16-2007 03:15 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | Hi Susan,
As far as the chocolate is concerned, most of the people on the forum have had the same reaction as Bill has described. Usually it just tastes lousy.
The only experience I have had with patients having shocking sensations is when fillings touch each other if they are of dissimilar metals. Not from food. So I would definately recommend getting your dentist to take a look. It may just be coincidental with the chocolate.
Sorry I didn't pick up on the shocking part in your email the other day. I probably shouldn't be reading and writing after 11PM.
Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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#60471 03-18-2007 09:53 AM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 20 Member | | Member
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 20 | Susan,
I totally know your pain!
I had pain after treatment when I ate bananas, chocolate and alcohol (like wine). My mouth felt like it was on fire with pain when I ate any of those things. It was the weirdest thing and no one could explain why. Everyone's reaction to radiation is just different.
Good news though, I can eat chocolate and bananas now without pain. So it did get better. Alcohol still stings. I am about 10 months out after treatment and it was around 7 months out that I was able to have chocolate again.
Laura
Female, 36 yrs. old. Stage 1 tongue cancer; no lymph nodes; surgery & radiation
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#60472 03-18-2007 12:36 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Lots of people get shock sensations because of the radiation do a search on all open forums for electric shock or check out this thread http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/ubb/get_topic/f/3/t/000097.html#000011 It usually passes.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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