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Water taste real bad

w6nnh
w6nnh CSN Member Posts: 14
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
I am 6 week out of radiation. 35 treatments for cancer on the tonuge.
I have a little taste. I could taste apple juice and it tasted good, that is tasted. No it taste bad and water taste real ba. Is this normal?
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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 CSN Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #2
    Yep...
    You are at the very tail end, more than likely things should start turning around for you very soon.

    Now it's not going to be fast, actually it's very slow..but little by little it should improve.

    Just to get an idea I know what you are talking about...

    Water is the only thing that really will quinch my thirst.

    Water tasted like sweat...

    More like sweat from a dirty pair of very well worn gym socks.

    Get the idea..., LOL.

    I'm over three years out now, STGIII SCC Tonsils HPV+..a lot of weeks of chemo and the 35 daily rads too.

    Best,
    John
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  • CivilMatt
    CivilMatt CSN Member Posts: 4,725 Member
    #3
    don't drink the water
    w6nnh,

    Tastes really bad, like old sweaty, worn out gym socks. Well good luck if that is the case, sounds like bad water orrrrrrrrr it could be the results of that blasted or that blasting with radiation you got. If Skiffen can manage to drink gym sock water you should too. Just think, with every drink you are getting closer to new clean gym socks tasting water.

    Just kidding, it is in the Oregon water.

    Best,

    Matt

    Sorry but my water always tasted good.
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  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 CSN Member Posts: 4,716
    #4
    It's par for the course.....
    Water turned on me overnight about 3 weeks into radiation, and stayed that way until just a couple weeks ago....(my last rad was 6/15)....just keep drinking it, and remind yourself you need water more than just about anything else besides air :).

    p
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  • nick770
    nick770 CSN Member Posts: 195
    #5
    Just echoing others but
    Just echoing others but hopefully in the next few weeks water will taste better. Have you tried water enriched with minerals fro flavor? I know walmarts water is that way. What about varying the tempatures of your water i know for me for a few weeks i could only drink ice-cold. Just a thought but most importantly make sure you are getting your hydration in. So if it has to be copious amounts of apple juice so be it.
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  • Pam M
    Pam M CSN Member Posts: 2,196
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    nick770 said:

    Just echoing others but
    Just echoing others but hopefully in the next few weeks water will taste better. Have you tried water enriched with minerals fro flavor? I know walmarts water is that way. What about varying the tempatures of your water i know for me for a few weeks i could only drink ice-cold. Just a thought but most importantly make sure you are getting your hydration in. So if it has to be copious amounts of apple juice so be it.

    I'm With Nick
    I had to have different temperatures at different stages.
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  • Sam999
    Sam999 CSN Member Posts: 319 Member
    #7
    Pam M said:

    I'm With Nick
    I had to have different temperatures at different stages.

    As others said this is very
    As others said this is very normal and will get better. In the mean time, since hydration is very important, try differnent things so you could get it down. There is protien powder mix called juven (made by same company as ensure), it comes in differnt flavors. I liked orange the best. Ask the nutritionist at your hospital to give you sample so you can try out.

    It will make water taste good and add protein. I ordered it from amazon.

    Sam
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  • katenorwood
    katenorwood CSN Member Posts: 1,912
    #8
    Hoping soon !
    w6nnh,
    hey just wanted to let you know that I'm hoping soon this issue resolves itself ! I had a better time with room temp. liquids....now use ice all the time. Those jokers ahead of me with their comparissions...good lord ! Katie
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