[TriciaK]

I have been just the opposite on navelbine with herceptin for 6 months and then just herceptin for 15 months. I immediately lost all taste for sugar--and I had had a notorious sweet tooth! Suddenly things I used to love like Dairy Queen's pecan mudslide sundae were suddenly absolutley abhorrent! I've lost 55 pounds and am still not gaining anything back. I tried a hot fudge sundae last week and could only eat one bite of it. I don't have much appetite either, though I haven't really had severe nausea or vomitting. My husband says he is gaining weight by having to finish what I can't eat! We have both changed our diet considerably and are about 80% vegetarian and alkalarian. I feel well and I don't think either one of us will ever go back to dairy and red meat and sweets. I guess everyone's body reacts in different ways. I wonder if others have been affected like you or like me? Maybe it is the taxol and it would affect me the same way if I ever have to use it. I have been told that cancer has an affinity for sugar and the less we all eat the better. Can you substitute fruit and things with maybe Splenda or better yet stevia? Usually I believe when the body craves something,it is something needed, but I wonder about craving sugar. I hope others respond with their experiences; we learn so much from each other. Hugs, Tricia