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I read a few people on this group who stated that they had lost their sense of
taste after starting chemo. I'm on ABVD for my Hodgkin's and started treatment
Friday. I noticed that yesterday and today after anything I eat, about a
minute later, I get a sour but bland aftertaste in my mouth. Like the taste
when you wake up in the morning. And this holds for anything I've eaten,
sweet or bitter or bland. ANyone else experience this?
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-After my first chemo I was throwing stuff in the bin left right and centre,
until my sister told they that they had NOT gone off! I was not warned, but
my sense of taste was weird for about two to three days after each session.
It soon wears off, however, so don't worry. You will be enjoying your food
again very soon. I also found that I got thrush after each treatment, and had medication for
that - nystatin, it wasn't too much a problem however. Takes a lot to stop
me eating anyway -I've had one ABVD chemotherapy treatment (well, two doses in one treatment,
oncology math is funny) and a week later, the massive and painful swelling and
throat compression, and chronic exhaustion and flu-like symptoms caused by my
Hodgkin's have disappeared. Yes, I know I still have cancer and it will come
back if I stop the treatments at one. Yes, I know I will be singing a
different tune when I am wretching in the toilet and have no taste buds the
three days after my next treatment. Yes, I will probably feel differently if
and/or when my hair falls out. Yes, my right arm hurts where the ABVD was
injected, especially the 'D' and I'll probably damage my veins from it.
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