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Does anyone have any strange food cravings during chemo treatment?
Asked by uphym on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Does anyone have any strange food cravings during chemo treatment?
I have full appetite and all I wanna eat is pizza.....everday.
12 Answers from the Community
Rose
Not strange, but with the AC I was surprised that I even had an appetite. I think the meds, steroids give you an appetite. I was horrible disappointed with the lack of taste. The chemo obliterates your taste buds. Pizza and Mexican food were OK as far as my taste buds are concerned, but chicken and sweets were practically gone. I'm glad that you can enjoy it. ;)
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over 8 years agoMarnieC
I am glad to hear your appetite is good! I believe I'd try and squeeze in a few more things that are a little more nutritious (:-) but I can relate. I'd get so hungry while on AC that I'd have to get up in the middle of the night and eat half a banana! Nuts. And I could tell that millions of cells were dying - I craved protein, I wanted STEAK! NOW!
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over 8 years agoCindy
I craved sunflower seeds.
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over 8 years agoIKickedIt
I am a chocoholic, but couldn't tolerate it during my chemo. My friends and family couldn't believe what they were seeing when I wouldn't eat it, or worse, try it and spit it out! Instead, I craved lemon. I literally went to the store just looking for things that were lemon-flavored! BTW, now that I'm done chemo, I'm back to being a chocoholic again!
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over 8 years agonancyjac
Just the opposite. There were maybe 3 or 4 foods I could tolerate during chemo, every thing else tasted like cardboard at best.
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over 8 years agoBeaner54
yes I can't get enough sweets and before cancer treatments I rarely ate desserts.
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over 8 years agoRuthAnne
My big ones were sushi, eggs & hummus.
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over 8 years agoTheEvilyn8
Yes OMG yes....after the initial period of being sick for 6 or 7 days after my ABVD treatment. I would get cravings for salad, certain dressings, sweets etc. I think its all part of the steroids.
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over 8 years agoPinkzilla0
I craved lemons- I would peel them and eat them like oranges. I was also on prednisone which majorly increased my appetite and I would always craved fries and milkshakes.
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over 8 years agoModern
Mashed potatoes fore some reason maybe just because it was easy on mhy stomic
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over 8 years agoNenny-Who
All I wanted was broccoli with cheddar cheese melted on top. =0)
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over 7 years agotnoel68
My sons appetite after his chemo treatment and during them is crazy. His is currently receiving GVD chemo which is by far the mildest form he has received. It is bizzare to see him eat so much the day he receives chemo. I now pack a bag of snacks to feed him while he receives his chemo. (He is 22 years old). :)
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