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Radiation Therapy for breast cancer: What was your experience?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 17 2:21pm | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
I had radiation a year ago and have sometimes issues with taste still. Sometimes I do not taste anything or it taste wired. Doctor was not clear if it is from the chemo or the radiation.
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I went through 5 months of chemo, and my taste buds were immediately affected. First I noticed that mac and cheese tasted sweet. Eventually more foods tasted horrible, and by 14 weeks in (of 20) I could barely eat anything and dropped weight like crazy. After chemo my tastebuds improved slowly. I had 33 days of radiation, but I don't believe they affected the improvement. Four years later I think mac and cheese still tastes somewhat sweet, and the other taste buds are back but not as robust. But still a huge improvement.
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I also had radiation and chemo but, still no taste or smell. I really don't know which one could have caused this. I've not been able to taste for at least 2 years. It gets very frustrating and depressing. It certainly doesn't make you want to eat!!!