Cola, Rice Pudding, cup-a-soup...

...and a host of other things I'd never previously expected to "enjoy"!

A couple of cycles ago, I pretty much lost my sense of taste (not smell, thankfully) and as a consequence, at least in part, my appetite. So all those things I used to enjoy; good red wine, roast lamb, chocolate (well, I can still force that down!), cheese, bread and jam now have no effect on my taste buds whatsoever. :-(

But, and this is the bizarre thing, other foods I'd never dreamed of eating have become central to my diet because they do have "taste" :-) even if they are so "left field".  The last time I had Ovaltine was as a child - now it's become a staple source of energy, and not just before bed.  Pineapple juice or sparking lemon are now great "complements" to main meals (such a change from claret!).  And where would I be without rice pudding (cold, of course!), let alone "full fat" cola and cup-a-soups!

Coping with this change, particularly since it took 4 or 5 cycles to "kick in" and was co-incident with a lose in weight has been a challenge, but Diana has been magnificent in coaxing and goading me into a routine, keeping me at or above my daily calorie target, such that I have put back on some of the weight I'd lost.

These changes are of course expected cumulative consequences of the treatment and I count myself lucky that I do still enjoy some parts of my diet - not just these odd things, but very simple things like sparkling water (some therapies even make water hard to drink); it has been a deep challenge I now see I could not have understood before it happened.

Oh, and it remains true that Japanese green tea is the best drink in the world!