No Taste

Hi every0ne.

Tacos:medium-rare steak with bleu cheese: pepperoni-feta-green olive pizza 

Oh these were a few of my favorite things.  I enjoyed them because they tasted damn good.  Thanks to my continued head baking, you can now add rice cake to the list.  The rads have dramatically changed my sense of taste.  This side affect, which no one ever warned me about, started as a reduction in taste.   Imagine if someone installed a dimmer switch on your taste buds.   Over the course of about ten days I noticed that food was less and less enjoyable with every meal.  Then the dimmer hit zero.

Now, almost everything has the same taste- aluminum or horse's  ass.  Having never tasted either of these scrumptious flavors before I cannot be sure which one it is.  The comparison is irrelevant as neither are high on my list of must tries.  Sweats are a slight exception.  I had a Krispy Kreme donut this morning that I actually enjoyed. 

So I am taking this opportunity to drop a few pounds.  It is pretty easy when there is no temptation.  If raw spinach and steak taste the same, I might as well eat the spinach.  UMMMMMMM!  I did talk to the doc today and he said that the taste buds should recover when the radiation stops.  I am thrilled about this.  The thought of never being able to enjoy a good meal is terrifying.

I want to take a moment and thank everyone that dropped me a suggestion on a new style for my coif.  I will not be taking any of the offered advice as it sucked.  It does warm my heart that the folks I love are as twisted as I am.  ( I particularly liked the dog hair suggestion Lisa -that is wrong wrong wrong)

Two weeks of baking left and then Amy and I are off to MD Anderson to meet with my oncologist about a possible chemo regimen.  I am hopeful some taste is back by that trip so I can take advantage of the seafood. 

Love to everyone who is reading.   

joe

Comments

[Sean]

I read the title of this post and thought this was my biography ..

well I'd have to say horses's ass doesn't sound too tasty .. neither does "sweaty" krispy kreme? ;c )

So hurry up and get your last two week drug binge over with so those buds will revive themselves and you can start enjoying some good grub again.

I do however think you need to get some help with the stinky cheese issue you seem to have though...tacos/bleu cheese..feta?? =C)

[yomamabarb]

joe, now pay attention to kev (as always)...he knows of which he speaks...i can attest to jared's wisdom also! you know how i will cure your taste and smell buds...GARLIC toast, caesar salad..lots of GARLIC...oh, yeah...the lasagne and braciole that goes without saying....you up for that yet? you know how to reach me...love, yomamabarb

[Kev]

When you get your sense of taste back we should get together and do the Italian Sausage/Peppers/Onions/Marinara thing. Such a simple and killer good thing to eat!

[Jared]

Be thankfull, Joe. I know people that have no taste and I don't mean when it comes to food.