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When will food taste good again after chemo and radiation?
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Hello,
I am 4 months past my last radiation treatment, since then I have no taste either. No matter what I try. I make a desert with lemon pudding and cool whip, I can barely taste the hint of lemon and the cool whip taste like chalk. Not good.. My throat isn't sore so I can eat anything but it's just not enjoyable. What does everyone else eat?
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@tkdino123 Radiation treatment seems to have that effect on taste, particularly if the treatment is at or near the head or neck. It affects your smell sense as well as taste and in many cases it seems the change is permanent. The lack of these senses usually goes away after weeks or months or even a year or two, again depending upon where the treatment was targeted.
In my case some foods I never cared for prior became now my favorite flavors whilst other foods, particularly sweet foods I no longer enjoy. And yes, Coolwhip is just bloody awful now yet canned dairy whip is a favorite. Also real maple syrup is great yet imitation syrup with corn based sweetener is off the shopping list.
Your taste will change.