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ironically fried oysters are one of the few foods i've craved.. i must have eaten half a gal at least over the past couple of weeks.... but only 5 or 6 at a time...
can't stomach sandwiches or breads of any kind though 🙁 not even the homemade bread i could normally sit down and eat half a loaf at a time of... can't stomach any kind of deli meats, or pork or scrambled eggs...which is weird because ironically my best friend couldn't handle pork on his chemo either...so no bacon or sausage or ham...all foods i normally would eat... at least 95% of the foods i eat are foods i cook from scratch so thats been really interesting with me not feeling like cooking most days... my hubby swears he's starving cause he's been having to cook for himself and he does things like hamburgers, hot dogs, frozen fish and chicken nuggets etc,.. i made bbq ribs potato salad and baked beans yesterday and he was in heaven...then today he got cubed steak a baked potato and some of the scallop stuffed mushrooms and he was like "wow two good meals for two days in a row, i'm gonna starve with you leaving again" to which i just laughed and said well there's leftover ribs in the fridge lol.. its been really weird for me with me being a "scratch cooker", I've managed a couple of small pieces of steak over the past week, and baked potatoes but not much else.. unless you count thin mints.... the only GS cookie i can tolerate atm..
they are doing 3 rounds of chemo (which of course has now gotten off schedule and having to be recalculated), then a CT scan to see if the tumors have shrunk enough to do surgery...if not then prob another 3 before checking again... so that part is still kinda up in the air...

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I love seafood, but while on chemo, I couldn’t even tolerate the most basic baked codfish. Considering I couldn’t tastes or smell it I have no idea why seafood just wouldn’t go down. So kudos to you and @lathomasmd for being able to eat seafood while going through treatment! So many great nutrients and protein!