Taste changes

Bev4472

I could use some good food ideas. My appetite is not good because of the tin taste in my mouth. Chicken noodle soup was sorta okay

ChiSandy

I didn’t have chemo, but my cancer center’s chemo suite hands out boxes of LemonHeads hard candies to combat that metallic taste.

SpecialK

I found creamy and salty to be good - smoothies, fresh melon, mashed potatoes, Greek yogurt, hot cereal all worked. Sometimes eating with plastic utensils helps too.

MinusTwo

yup - watermelon!!! Mashed potatoes. Carnation chocolate instant breakfast. Sometimes ice cream

Lula73

I lived on macaroni & cheese, chicken McNuggets and pork roast with white gravy when I had chemo. Those were pretty much the only things that tasted right

illimae

Sweet and/or salty worked for me. Some days ramen noodles were all I could handle. Good luck

cse70

Just keep trying different things! Somedays food tasted like dirt and liquids like gasoline, but eventually you will hit on something! Don't give up, keep trying!

Freya244117

I find flavours need to be stronger, so more salt, more spice, more lemon juice etc. Being Australian, Vegemite is my go to, if anything will clean your mouth out, that's it.

Prue_pueng

I found all the tomato based food taste good also cream cheese based. Stir fried food leave horrible oily feeling on my lip and tongue.

BellasMomToo

Throughout chemo, my taste buds were wacky and I became sensitive to food textures. But they seemed to improve towards the end of a cycle. (I had 6 cycles of TCHP).

My 'go to' foods (foods that were tolerable throughout chemo) were: fruits, vegetables, citrus, tomato-based, apple sauce, and mac & cheese. I also enjoyed Mexican food and certain Chinese foods. I didn't like the texture of potatoes.

Anonymous

Pho and milkshakes. Not together.

Sjacobs146

ginger ale was a revelation for me, seemed to awaken the taste buds. Salty things worked well too, especially soups. I made my own chicken soup and mostly ate that