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Diet issues during treatment

I’ve been obsessively observing whether there are differences in how badly I feel and what I’ve been eating.
What I’m wondering now is if eating more meat lately has anything to do with why treatment has been making me feel like crap again. Round 5-8 weren’t so bad. It’d barely hit me. When I look at my food journal, I see I’d eaten less meat and more berry varieties plus grapes the month leading up to round 5.
Then I got sick of blackberries. 🤷🏻‍♀️ And raspberries at the store were mushy. So I stopped buying them.
Grapes just gross me out sometimes. Couldn’t say why. Stopped eating those too.

Recently, I’d been on a breakfast food kick. I was making a lot of turkey bacon and sausage (I don’t eat pork). I also felt like having more steak and lumpia. And round 9 & 10 have been miserable again. Not as bad as the first few, but enough that I’m not able to just go about my day; I’m back in bed the majority of it, waiting for nausea, weakness, or pain to subside.

I think this is a major reason why the difference. That’s okay. I’m not the biggest fan of meat anyway. I go through phases when I want steaks but most of the time, I just don’t care for it. The problem is that my nails turn paper thin when I stop eating meat. I know there are protein and iron alternatives, but I’m not a fan of those either. (Funny how overbearing their smells and flavors of anything high in either are when you’re deficient).

This isn’t a post asking for suggestions. I’m going to see if eating meat is fine as long as I go back to eating more berries and grapes. I’m my own little science project. 🤭
4meAndyou · F
I have a friend who also regulates her foods to regulate her health. She is eating gluten free things, as far as I can tell, but she, like you, has to change things up to cope with the chemo. Everyone's body is different, but keep on trying to find the combinations that are right for you.
@4meAndyou It’s frustrating when something works, and then health issues make it all need re-evaluating.
4meAndyou · F
@Colonelmustardseed You just need constant attention...and only you can provide that in a dietary sense. I realize it must be frustrating...but it would be worse if you were in a rehabilitation facility and had no choice in your diet.
I hope you can figure it out! I'm sorry you're having a rough go this round.

It really is amazing how much what we eat impacts us. I've been having a lot of headaches and I'm pretty sure that's just not enough water and too much caffeine...and stress, and lack of sleep haha. Not a big deal. But, when I did the cave man diet, that's when I got pregnant with my daughter. I'm pretty sure I have some sort of autoimmune disorder triggered by something in my diet....still not sure what it is. I'd cut out a LOT of stuff when I got pregnant with her lol. Hope you won't have to do anything as extreme to find what's right for you. :) I love your science project approach to everything!
Gibbon · 70-79, M
Keep working on it and be thankful at least you are able to taste period. I went through chemo twice but before the first go around I had radiation in the area of my jaw and lost 100% of my taste. Literally everything was dry sawdust and waxy tasteless grease.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
@Colonelmustardseed actually didn't have any pain through any of my treatments. It cancer in a salivary gland and lymph strand down my neck the first go round. Before treatment there was no pain. Just under 2 years later it came back in my chest 3 nodes. Non operable. No pain but noted a subtle pressure. The chemo wiped them out in 1 month but of course treatment continued. But have been in remission ever since. About 21 years. Still having taste issues but not related to that. Eating is difficult when your taste is screwed up
@Gibbon I’m glad you got through it and have been cancer-free for so long. It’s very hopeful to read. 🙂
Gibbon · 70-79, M
Musicman · 61-69, M
My wife has to regulate her food too. It actually makes a big difference.
@Musicman Does anything in particular help her feel a little better?
Musicman · 61-69, M
@Colonelmustardseed Oh yes! She has to stay away from acidic foods, bread, rice and pasta. Chocolate also.

 
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