I was wondering if anyone has experience any types of intolerance after chemo? For some obscure reason I cannot eat bananas anymore. Before I started chemo I would have a banana every morning, it’s rather peculiar that I can’t eat it anymore as it results in me feeling quite ill and vomiting. It’s seems like a mystery as I can’t comprehend why this is happening, I thought it was a one off situation and have recently tried having a banana with the same result. Also whilst I am on the subject of food, when I had my first chemo I was forced to eat a sandwich with bell peppers, now I cannot stand the sight/smell of peppers, after attending a group discussion I found out that any food you consume on your first session of chemo you never eat again! I loved peppers before and I wish I had known about avoiding foods that I like! I am hoping that I might be able to eat peppers sometime in the near future and was wondering if anyone had/has a similar experience?
Hi Anjalina,I had severe vomiting after my first chemo,but not before I had eaten plenty of barley as recommended by friends.I have never eaten it again and even the thought of it makes me feel nauseous.I guess our bodies associate the sickness with whatever we had eaten at the time even though that wasn’t the real cause of the sickness.
Another similar experience though not with food was a particular brand of talcum powder which I was using throughout chemo.At the time it wasn’t a problem but now I can never stand to smell it again as it takes me right back in my thoughts to all the nausea.Even though we understand why this would happen I don’t find it easy to overcome the gut feeling of revulsion for these things,so I have never found a way to use them again !!!sorry that’s not very encouraging,but just thought I would share my experience
I did read somewhere not to eat your favourite food before chemo, as if you do feel sick or are sick you will automatically associate it with whatever you ate last. I think that is true for me anyway as that happened to me.
Thanks everyone, still can’t work out why I now have an allery to bananas, rather obscure! I cannot stand the sight/smell/tast of peppers as it was in my last supper pre chemo. I wonder if this will phase out in time? x
My ‘last meal’ before chemo was pasta. I couldn’t eat it for 8 months. It was almost like a phobia, I wouldn’t go near it. But I gradually got back into it by eating out! I found that if it wasn’t the exact same meal and in a different environment, then I could get past the nausea association. And now I’m fine with it.
However, I still can’t even look at any pink liquids as they remind me too much of the chemo drug. Even thinking about now it is making my stomach turn. Urgh.
I know its not food but I’m half way through my chemo and I’ve asked my mum never to wear the perfume she wore for my first one ever again! Everytime I smell it (even on my ‘good’ days) It takes me back to sitting in the chemo room… urgh!
I agree, for me after my first chemo i had a lovely salad and put some Pickalli (sp?) on it as I love the tangy taste etc. However I was voilently sick soon after - the only real sickness I have had during chemo. Now the very thought, sight, or smell or Pickalli makes me feel sick and there is no way I could even consider eating it again. I cannot even have it in the food cupboard. I have a feeling this will be last a long time.
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I had a magnum after my first chemo. Now I can’t stand the idea of ice cream. I think that the fact that ondanzotron (sp?) smell vanilla has added to this. I feel ill even thinking about it . Dx