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Sandi1
Sandi1 CSN Member Posts: 277
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
My husband has been complaining about a metallic taste in his mouth after chemo. Usually Lemon seems to clear it a bit for him, but he said this time the lemon is not even working. Any one have any suggestions?

Sandi
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  • rmcgraw
    rmcgraw CSN Member Posts: 15
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    Metal Taste
    Try pickles, perferably dill. I would take the slices and just suck on them until I had sucked all the juice out. They are hard to digest, so I would spit it out and get another one. I tried just the juice but it didn't seem to work for me as well. Best of luck
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  • Shayenne
    Shayenne CSN Member Posts: 2,342
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    rmcgraw said:

    Metal Taste
    Try pickles, perferably dill. I would take the slices and just suck on them until I had sucked all the juice out. They are hard to digest, so I would spit it out and get another one. I tried just the juice but it didn't seem to work for me as well. Best of luck

    My onc...
    .....actually said for me not to use regular silver utensils also, she said to use plastic utensils, as it would make the food taste weird on chemo.
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  • snommintj
    snommintj CSN Member Posts: 601
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    Shayenne said:

    My onc...
    .....actually said for me not to use regular silver utensils also, she said to use plastic utensils, as it would make the food taste weird on chemo.

    try ginger
    I would grind up some fresh ginger and put it in hot water with a squeeze of lemon, works great for the metallic taste and is great for nausea too
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  • krystiesq
    krystiesq CSN Member Posts: 240 Member
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    peppermint
    My mom likes peppermint, peppermint patties too.
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  • msccolon
    msccolon CSN Member Posts: 1,917 Member
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    krystiesq said:

    peppermint
    My mom likes peppermint, peppermint patties too.

    yummy!
    Now I want some York peppermint patties!
    mary
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  • daydreamer110761
    daydreamer110761 CSN Member Posts: 487 Member
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    msccolon said:

    yummy!
    Now I want some York peppermint patties!
    mary

    ginger snaps
    Someone here (buzzard maybe) suggested ginger snaps - i tried them - it worked. next will try the york peppermint patties tho - i like them better!
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