My own words are coming back to haunt me, considering I put up a post a while ago asking if having no symptoms means the chemo isn't working and now within a span of 3 weeks it seems all the chemo symptoms finally caught up with him. The mouth sores and hand/foot syndrome issues are bad but manageable, but the worst part is his taste changes. It was mild at first, some meats bothered him but he could eat most other things. Then it was no meat but grains/fruits/veggies were fine. Now it seems like his taste buds are reacting to meat, some fruit & veggies, eggs and all grains. He's eating so little because there isn't much he can eat that doesn't give him a bad taste, the weight is falling off and it scares me. He's living on applesauce, Ensures, bananas, yogurt, tomato soup and fruit smoothies. I bought some whey protein powder to add to the smoothies and tonight I'm going to buy some veggies to see if I can add them as well. I called the nurse and she said there isn't much you can do other than stay hydrated and rinse with a baking soda/water mixture but that hasn't really helped.
Does anyone have any tips? I'm getting desperate. It's really wearing on him mentally too, he's so upset that he's hungry and there isn't much he can eat that doesn't make him want to gag. We have 4 more cycles to go through so we have to manage somehow for another month and a half at least.