INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Happy Anniversary Mag!

Chevy -Oh! Milk toast sounds sooo good! I am going to try sprinkling a very small bit of sugar or lemon juice on my food and see if that helps at all.

me last night

I searched for her last night, she's been posting on a drinking thread, last was July 29.

Sassy, did you try to change your avatar? Nowgo back 2 pages and do what I said. If your head works!

Now who would imagine that Sass would have a head-ache? The whole world. WE knew THAT was coming..... We should all feel sad, or laugh our butts off....

Thanks for keeping me posted on Camillegal!

Today's creation. Fresh peaches from the farmers market this week, combined with other fruits and some mint from my herb garden.

Yum

Checking in, still i  fla 4 a couple more days then to jersey to my friend's

 house then home

I did not get hospice guess they didnt feel as though i needed it.in florida dr ssid he would b on call 4 it.

Am not sure where the dying will take place but did concent tongoing in the hospital, dont thnk Grorge can handle it

Rosie thinking og u

Ok, I need some help here. I can tolerate bland foods and sweet stuff but everything bleck.

Water starts tasting really bitter after about 8 ounces

Tried - not so good:

Coke

7-up

mountain dew

Things that work kind of:

Tea cold

milk

strawberry fanta

I am adding a bit of lemon juice or sugar to my food and that is helping get rid of the metal taste as i eat. I am using plastic cups,plates,spoons and forks.

Can you all share what you drank from your past chemo se's (those that had taste changes.) ?

Thank you Dune. I am going to try some lemonade. Right now sour and sweet seem to work the best. Going to get some freezer pops too since someone was kind enough to suggets them in a pm.

Oh My Dears I leave you alone for a day and this is what I come back to - You are much better than any comedy on the TV. But I want to join in whatever it is your having, except for Tres and Marlana and their steroid highs.

HaHa Marlana "I like to call Franglispanitgerm which is where the bits and pieces of the 5 languages that I speak get jumbled up in my mouth and come out as onemashed up language". I'm with you girl. Lived in Hawaii for 1.5 years, took Japanese. Moved to El Paso, forced into Spanish (5h grade). Chose French in HS plus 1 year of Latin and took 3 semesters (I think, too long ago) of college French - maybe 2.5 years. Don't think I even have a transcript. I can usually think of the French word which often - not always - leads me to the Spanish word. Verb conjugation fugetaboutit.

Mags - Happy Belated Anniversary. Love flan.

Frey - so sorry for the bad or no taste food. Yuck on the chewed aspirin taste. Cami I think drank and drinks now Propel (besides being on the Drinking Thread). Yup found it on one of her old posts. Oh yes the freezer pops. There is a house brand of pops here tropical fruit flavored. Lady was buying all they had, said it had helped her thru chemo and now family was hooked on them. I would try them too but never room in our freezer for an 18 count of pops. Ice chips? Are you drinking filtered water? I swear by my Britta pitcher. Don't know if either of these will help. I searched "what tastes good when having chemo". (((Hugs)))

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/07/295800503/chemo-can-...

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/canc...

Missing Patty and getting concerned. Who is it that keeps in contact with her? Snooped a bit and she hasn't been on since the 30th.

Sassy - what you been up to today?

Oh dear oh mine, it is a blustery day out there, I got blown in here. Chevy don't worry about renaming me, when the wind changes the direction, I will be blown out here! It looks Sassy still likes butterfly, Smarty, get out that cat, I want to steal it. Happy belated b-day for Sassy and Chvey, and anniversary to mags. Did you fight for that flan? It is too small! Has anyone heard from Rosie in FL? Reading this thread is definitely better than watching comics on TV, but why I always have tears with my laughters? Well, just noticed the wind changes the direction, I am outta here!

Hey Frey, just saw this. I am ten months out from last chemo and still have taste issues. I suddenly couldn't stand coffee, and developed a sudden revulsion for what I thought would be my salvation in chemo, ginger. I had stocked up on ginger ale, candied ginger, ginger candy, etc., and they went unused. Juices: I tried apple, cranberry, apricot, pear, orange, pineapple, grape, and various combinations. They would taste ok for a day or two and then would be awful. Finally one of my chemo thread ladies mentioned SodaStream. My desperate DH bought one, and when I tried the Country Time Lemonade, lightly spritzed, it was like coming home. I still drink it, exclusively, when I'm not drinking coffee (which I was able to go back to). I was never a water drinker, so it was important to find something I could use to stay hydrated. My tongue was so sensitive I mostly ate really bland food. My tongue is still sensitive, though not all the time. I can't use regular toothpaste, too strong, and anything with vinegar is painful. Sometimes spicy foods are ok, sometimes not. I never know with them until I put it in my mouth.

EEeeeeeeeeeYore! Please don't go! It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Spookie, who has a "real" Eeyore, will be confused! But I like your sense of humor! Where is it you live? In Wyoming? The wind ALways blows there. Or are you not for real?

Yes, go buy lots of fruit when it's on sale, and put it in freezer bags, then throw those frozen little berries in your cereal! Or heat it up for a few minutes, with sugar or that syrup-like sugar... (what IS that?) and spread it on waffles, bisquits, etc.

You guys with this Frangelicagerm, and chicken egg fertilizer.... WHAT am I to do? I can barely understand or speak ENGLISH! I know Chickens and Eggs... Nothin' else. All's I know is "Ola".... Which probably means "Hello" or something close.......... Oh wait.... I used to hear lots of cuss-words in Italian, hanging around DH's family.... Most of them were probably directed at me.... but I didn't know any better...... Didn't matter... what you don't know can't hurt you, right?

Yes, I hear from the Cammi once in awhile! She SOUNDS like she is doing good... just spends all her time drinking, and up to all her old bad habits lately! She took up pole-dancing... I mean with all her "other" talents, why not? She is such a tart... ya just can't help lovin' someone so needy like that...........

I'm almost finished with the parking nightmare! Not that any of you remember what I'm talking about... but I get all these ideas in my head, and I've revised my plans so many times, I can't think straight! It will be light soon... so while you guys are all snoozin' I'll be out working my arse off digging, planting and moving cinder-blocks.

Mom2! Good Morning! Are we having coffee together?