bad taste after chemo

waffle8
waffle8 Member Posts: 234
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Hey just wondering if anyone still had that nasty chemo taste after treaments were over? It has been 5 weeks since my last chemo and I still get that weird taste....Would appreciate any advice on getting rid of it...Thanks!!!

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  • BlownAway60
    BlownAway60 Member Posts: 851
    Have you tried Biotene
    Have you tried Biotene mouthwash?? I don't have the bad taste anymore but still use the mouthwash.

    Hugs

    Donna
  • TraciInLA
    TraciInLA Member Posts: 1,994 Member

    Have you tried Biotene
    Have you tried Biotene mouthwash?? I don't have the bad taste anymore but still use the mouthwash.

    Hugs

    Donna

    Hi, waffle -
    That weird "cotton mouth" taste only lasted probably 2-3 weeks after the last chemo for me, but I also used the Biotene mouthwash all through chemo, and it really helped with that for me.

    Traci
  • jo jo
    jo jo Member Posts: 1,175
    I didnt get my taste buds
    I didnt get my taste buds back for awhile after chemo either...if i can remember (thats an understatement) i think mine returned about a month and a half. I didnt do anything about mine it just finally went away on its own...maybe thats why it lasted so long...DUH on me, for not realizing it before now!
  • jackiejhm
    jackiejhm Member Posts: 169
    Nasty stuff
    Okay, I am a freak. Hot/not too hot water and lemon juice with honey. I sipped- but, only when I did'nt have mouth sores!!!!! It helped me. xoxo
  • Snowkitty
    Snowkitty Member Posts: 295
    jackiejhm said:

    Nasty stuff
    Okay, I am a freak. Hot/not too hot water and lemon juice with honey. I sipped- but, only when I did'nt have mouth sores!!!!! It helped me. xoxo

    Isn't that funny? I could
    Isn't that funny? I could drink plain green tea. The minute I put honey in it, it tasted like crap. Guess all taste buds react differently.

    Cindy
  • MerleBee
    MerleBee Member Posts: 49
    So Unpleasant!
    The bad taste is so unpleasant. The oncologist gets upset with me for losing weight but who can eat when everything tastes like yuck! I did find that a Chocolate Chocolate Misto from Rita's was the one thing I could eat that I could taste. I think the cold helped freeze out the yuck, but it was only that flavor...my brother told me that during his chemo he could taste grilled cheese...didn't work for me. I just finished my last infusion and am counting down to day 21 which will be the official last day of my last round! I looking for signs of taste and hair! I just want to drink a Cosmo!
  • Jean 0609
    Jean 0609 Member Posts: 2,462
    MerleBee said:

    So Unpleasant!
    The bad taste is so unpleasant. The oncologist gets upset with me for losing weight but who can eat when everything tastes like yuck! I did find that a Chocolate Chocolate Misto from Rita's was the one thing I could eat that I could taste. I think the cold helped freeze out the yuck, but it was only that flavor...my brother told me that during his chemo he could taste grilled cheese...didn't work for me. I just finished my last infusion and am counting down to day 21 which will be the official last day of my last round! I looking for signs of taste and hair! I just want to drink a Cosmo!

    MerleBee
    Congratulations on your last chemo. You are a little ahead of me, so have a Cosmo for me too!
  • jackiejhm
    jackiejhm Member Posts: 169
    MerleBee said:

    So Unpleasant!
    The bad taste is so unpleasant. The oncologist gets upset with me for losing weight but who can eat when everything tastes like yuck! I did find that a Chocolate Chocolate Misto from Rita's was the one thing I could eat that I could taste. I think the cold helped freeze out the yuck, but it was only that flavor...my brother told me that during his chemo he could taste grilled cheese...didn't work for me. I just finished my last infusion and am counting down to day 21 which will be the official last day of my last round! I looking for signs of taste and hair! I just want to drink a Cosmo!

    Oh Yeah-
    Here here MerleBee!
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    hmmm
    Are you referring to the metallic taste some people get while having chemo? If this is what you are talking about it does help to not use metal utensil's, I always switched to heavy plastic utensils when the metallic taste arrived. For me this taste remained until all chemo treatments were over and done with. I would suggest mentioning it to your doctor as well just to be sure there is not some suggestion he can give you.

    RE
  • Rague
    Rague Member Posts: 3,653 Member
    No taste at all
    I didn't have a bad taste - could not taste anything at all. Couldn't tell the difference detween honey, lemon or horseraddish or anything else for that matter until about 2 mths after last Chemo. It was probably close to a year after 1st Chemo bewfore all 'taste' came back.

    Susan
  • inkblot
    inkblot Member Posts: 698 Member
    For most, the return of
    For most, the return of taste buds and being rid of dry mouth and strange tastes in the mouth can take a while.

    I used a rinse of baking soda and water 3 or 4 times day. Helps get rid of dry mouth as well as moisturizing and also very good for mouth sores.

    Hang in there...it gets better.

    Love. light & laughter,
    Ink
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    TraciInLA said:

    Hi, waffle -
    That weird "cotton mouth" taste only lasted probably 2-3 weeks after the last chemo for me, but I also used the Biotene mouthwash all through chemo, and it really helped with that for me.

    Traci

    The pink sisters I know that
    The pink sisters I know that have that taste use Biotene mouthwash. You can buy it at any drugstore.