And I never want to take that feeling for granted ever again! I didn’t think much about losing my sense of taste But what about the sheer delight that comes with rediscovering your taste buds every cycle? Right now, a month after my last docetaxel, I can honestly say that food has never tasted this good. Nowhere do you see the words: ‘By signing up to this course of chemotherapy drugs, please be advised that your skin will become silky smooth and soft and you won’t need to shave for a good few months.’Īnd what about your taste buds? Everyone mentions the metallic taste and the fact everything turns to cardboard. First, I would include truths that would make even the most hardened oncologist blush (and us feel normal when they actually happen).Īnd second, I would add the positive side effects that many tend to overlook. If I were to rewrite the consent form I would add two things. And while losing your hair downstairs may sound like a treat it does have a rather adverse effect on your ability to pee in one direction). Without even reading the form, for example, I knew it would tug at my hair, attack my nails and pluck out my eyebrows (in truth, I didn’t think too much about nose hair, which is not to be underestimated. If I were to rewrite the consent form I would add two thingsĪll too often there’s a focus on all the things cancer treatment takes away (seven pages of focus in my case).
