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
    #2
    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
    #3
    BlownAway60 said:

    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 Member
    #4
    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
    #5
    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
    #6
    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
    #7
    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
    #8
    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
    #9
    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
    #10
    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
    #11
    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
    #12
    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
    #13
    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.

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