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When will food taste good again after chemo and radiation?
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Thank you for the suggestions and words of encouragement. I find I am very sensitive to odors and often have a vague sense of nausea. I found the oral Zofram to be helpful, but need it less so recently. The doctor prescribed another stronger drug for nausea-also used for anxiety and some mental issues but I’ve not taken it.
I’m trying to eat a balanced diet so long as I’m able. Also lots of water with lemon-helps. I have a lot of congestion and bloody nasal discharge (sorry to be so graphic) which doctor says is likely due to dry air, but I see from other posts that is relatively common side effect. Not sure how carefully the doctors follow all the side effects from chemo.
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During chemo it was difficult to have a balanced diet, one reason also no appetite, and strong taste bud change, even water tasted bad as did other foods I used to like- I ended up testing various foods to maintain weight, till I found out what I could tolerate, like ice cream-
since finishing chemo ( 3months ago) my taste buds have improved a lot, -
among many other side effects I had gum bleeding during chemo, now I'm only receiving Mvasi ( Avastin) every 3 weeks and
have nose bleeding every morning with 24/7 runny nose, and symptoms of frozen shoulder and a lot of stiffness, mentioned also as side effects for this drug-