Excerpt from: NPR (click for full article)
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, it was clear that I would be thinking about a lot of things — myriad doctor visits, multiple tests, surgeries and chemotherapy.
Here are some things I knew about chemotherapy going in: it is unpleasant; it poisons your body; it makes you nauseated.
But there was also something I wasn't quite as aware of: it plays havoc with your taste buds and even impacts your reaction to food smells and food textures. In short, eating can become an unpleasant chore. As someone who both loves food and loves to cook, I prepared myself to enter a period of not eating or at least not enjoying eating.
But does it have to be that way? Not necessarily. Here are four tips I learned to help cope with treatment.
1. Avoid Risk.
2. Manage Nausea.
3. Beat Metal Mouth.
4. Focus On Flavor.
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