During chemo I had the same thing- everything- even water tasted awful - It was  like having a burnt car in one's mouth. In the end avocado, Wotsits and soup were bearable. Not a great diet I know. The taste thing is  one of  the worst and least mentioned  chemo side effects I think. 

Wishng you all the best.

Most people have problems with taste, I thought everything tasted like cardboard no flavour at all then I tried ginger beer and it tasted lovely, and strong Currys.

Trouble is it can vary with the person and the type of chemo .

Hope you can find something that tastes okay and good luck with your treatment please let US know how things go with treat and good and drink.

Take care.

Billy

Hi Fofen

It's an unfortunate side effect with treatment and has pretty much happened to us all who has been though.

Even light foods like scambled eggs/creamed mash/pudding rice etc wil ensure you are getting calories and fuel into your body.

The way I looked upon food intake was to see it as medicine to get me better rather than food i would normally enjoy.

You could also try the food supplements like Ensure, but they are not for food lovers - but they do help fuel intake.

I have shown a link to my blog below that I hope may help as it outlines my journey from the get go and plenty of tips gleaned along the way.

radiotherapythroat.home.blog

kind regards

Ian

Thanks for all your replies.im just trying bits of all different kinds of food but no luck yet.i can eat protein shakes and fruit and chocolate.I have just read your blog Ian anchor1707 and found it really interesting.hope you are well recovered now and good luck to everyone else who replied    

Love to chat see more soon

keep in touch and let me know if I can help in anyway

regards

ian

Hi Fosen this is Hazel  aka  RadioactiveRaz I a more niw like Ian 2 years post treatment for h p v 16- tonsil cancer with several affected lymph nodes,now eating almost normally but agree week 3 onwards forget eating for any type of pleasure as ian says it’s a medicine not a pleasure for a good while. Week 4 I had a n g tube fitted as I was loosing weight ,I was prescribed Ensure drinks hated them but they did the job , it’s strange now  can easily enjoy one if I have a bad eatingvday which is rare. I have a blog www.radioactiveraz.wordpress.com it may give you some tips and encouragement that at 63 I am cycling 60 km and walking most days 10 k or mote,lthebtreatments hard butbthe end results worth it.

ask any question s Hazel x