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Sherryg683 · 09-15-2007, 11:12 PM

When I was on chemo, the only thing I could taste was sugar. My Oncologist told me if that was what I wanted, eat it. I was more concerned about getting fat as a whale than it feeding my cancer. My Oncologist is of the belief that the sugar thing is not valid. I don't know what to believe. I eat about as much sugar as the normal person...had an eclair for breakfast today. I don't want to start feeling guilty every time I have a treat, that wouldn't be living to me. I guess if there were hard facts on this, I would give it up, it would be hard though. In fact, all this talk has made me hungry for a cookie..sherryg

09-15-2007, 11:12 PM	#14
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	When I was on chemo, the only thing I could taste was sugar. My Oncologist told me if that was what I wanted, eat it. I was more concerned about getting fat as a whale than it feeding my cancer. My Oncologist is of the belief that the sugar thing is not valid. I don't know what to believe. I eat about as much sugar as the normal person...had an eclair for breakfast today. I don't want to start feeling guilty every time I have a treat, that wouldn't be living to me. I guess if there were hard facts on this, I would give it up, it would be hard though. In fact, all this talk has made me hungry for a cookie..sherryg __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!