diffculty eating

navrets
navrets Member Posts: 1
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
my mom has breast ca and is getting chemo now and is having difficult time with metallic taste with anything she eats. Does anyone have a suggestions that might help... thank you

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  • sassysally
    sassysally Member Posts: 150
    #2
    thats norrmal, just something you have to work thru
  • bullfrog13
    bullfrog13 Member Posts: 213
    #3
    Nevrets
    Yep Sally is right. Is just part of it. Different things will taste different... sometimes things seem like they have been soaked in onion juice. ( I still to this day will not eat an onion) .. sometimes it tastle like you have been sucking ON old pennies for days on end... and somethings you eat taste as if they have been rubbed in dirt! Well needless to say the chemo weighloss program works for obvious reasons.

    But seriously, have her speak to the doctor about it. Sometime gym helps, or a deluted mouthwash, or mints. I found that ginger ale helped if i drank it while i was eating, and cherry coke also. There were few things that I found that tasted LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO ..or how I remembered it to taste and Cherry coke was one of them.

    Much luck to you mom. and God bless you both
  • hummingbyrd
    hummingbyrd Member Posts: 950 Member
    #4
    Sorry to hear about your mom, I pray she does well! When I was taking chemo I found hard candy helped with both the taste and the nausea. Whatever is your mom's favorite, you may have to try different kinds, peppermint, butterscotch, fruit flavored life savers...also suggest she nibble on crackers through out the day and keep up the fluids! I let saltines just melt in my mouth at times and sipped teas, seven-up, lemon water... You just have to try a variety of things, whatever sounds good to your mom, give it a try! God bless and good luck. hummingbyrd
  • vac
    vac Member Posts: 97
    #5
    hummingbyrd said:

    Sorry to hear about your mom, I pray she does well! When I was taking chemo I found hard candy helped with both the taste and the nausea. Whatever is your mom's favorite, you may have to try different kinds, peppermint, butterscotch, fruit flavored life savers...also suggest she nibble on crackers through out the day and keep up the fluids! I let saltines just melt in my mouth at times and sipped teas, seven-up, lemon water... You just have to try a variety of things, whatever sounds good to your mom, give it a try! God bless and good luck. hummingbyrd

    how long after chemo does your taste buds come back???? i have to force myself to eat everything is tasteless. it was a good thing i was overweight to begin with i have lost 35lbs. my last chemo is april 2 yea!!!!
  • ksfc
    ksfc Member Posts: 251
    #6
    Try lemon drops. My oncologist's office always has a big jar just for this purpose. Also, I found that even though I'm usually a big water drinker, I could not drink water during chemo or for awhile afterwards. It just tasted too strange. I had to drink juice or soda to get fluids in. Even popsicles can help. Good luck - Diane

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