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Joy,
I don't think you're alone in loosing your taste. I know food just doesn't seem to taste very good to me. It seems like one day I'll love the taste of something and the next day just can't stand it. I attribute it to all the toxic chemicals that are being pumped into my body. If these drugs are strong enough to kill off cancer cells they certainly can affect our taste buds. I've adopted the attitude that I will eat what I want when I want and hopefully it will taste somewhat good. Not only does food taste differently or have no taste at all - I also find that what I drink changes constantly. One day iced tea will taste good but the next day I can't stand it and I'll be drinking water or orange soda -- I just keep changing until I find something that tastes good and will quench my thirst.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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