Same with me! Everything tastes so sweet, even though it's not. Definitely cut down on all sweets and very happy:). At least there is one positive symptom of Incivek:)
wnose said
May 8, 2012
Yes. I responded really quickly to the triple tx so they kept me on 24 weeks.
kiwi said
May 7, 2012
yup im a notorious sweet tooth, and its disappeared and ive just about lost 8 kilos... wooo hooo.
Sunrise747 said
May 7, 2012
wnose - Funny about the chocolate! Glad the tastebuds come back. I see you were a combo relapser. Did you do 24 weeks with Incivek?
wnose said
May 7, 2012
Yeah, funny thing you mentioned the chocolate. On month 2, I bought some dark chocolate and it was terrible. I thought it had gone bad or perhaps I had picked up a bad batch. So I wrapped it up, left it in the freezer and promptly forgot about it.
I'm now 1 month post treatment and discovered the same bar 2 days ago...and finished it with no hesitation. And it was delish. So yes...it does get better. So don't bother with any expensive restaurant food in the next few months - you won't appreciate it.
See - saved you some money already.
Shaun said
May 2, 2012
Sunrise747 wrote:
Many of my favorite foods now taste terrible. For example, most cereals and anything with chocolate tastes bitter, but ham and most pasta dishes are still OK. In fact most sweets taste lousy. Sometimes they are OK for the first few bites before the nasty aftertaste kicks in. I assume it is from the Interferon or Ribavirin (since the Incivek is long gone), though I don't recall this odd symptom from my last stab at treatment (2001). Anyone else having a similar side effect?
You'll get used to it. When I was in treatment I couldn't stomach food with my 6 am dose of Incivek, so I downed two tablespoons of olive oil and went back to bed. The last couple of months I could barely eat solid food. I was surviving off protein shakes with brown rice flour and protein powder, V8 vegetable juice coctail, fruit juice, yoghurt and pudding and a lot of milk. Hey, it kept my weight up. Eating became a utilitarian endevor.
I am almost three months post tx now. My appetite was one of the first things to come back, especially when I finished the ribavirin. The best thing I found for the nausea was Medical MJ which I got a doctors recomendation for.
-- Edited by Shaun on Wednesday 2nd of May 2012 08:56:35 AM
Scout said
May 2, 2012
Yes I've found that food is a downer. Especially peanut butter for my fat dose. I'm just eating a lot of fruit and the 20 grams when the incevik dose is called for. I'll be glad to get back to food being a positive thing.
Piggles925 said
May 2, 2012
I am having the same problem--BIG TIME!
I found cranberry juice can help stimulate my appetite. There is one with a hint of lime that really helps. Also tonic water and lemon-lime soda help too.
I found I am craving sweets so much more, which is a bummer because I am diabetic and have to watch my sweet intake.
I have resorted to drinking Boost Glucose Control shakes with an added tablespoon of canola oil for those time when food becomes a four letter word.
I am also using my prescription anti-nausea medicine a lot more when nausea hits, which can happen when I just smell food.
-- Edited by Piggles925 on Wednesday 2nd of May 2012 06:30:26 AM
Steve-o said
May 2, 2012
Quite normal to have this SX.
Foods you loved will taste foul and others fair, you may even tolerate foods
you would not have before, The Metallic taste can be a bind.
Experimentation & Determination is the Key.
It all goes back to something approaching normal after TX I have found.
All The Best.
Steve.
Sunrise747 said
May 1, 2012
Many of my favorite foods now taste terrible. For example, most cereals and anything with chocolate tastes bitter, but ham and most pasta dishes are still OK. In fact most sweets taste lousy. Sometimes they are OK for the first few bites before the nasty aftertaste kicks in. I assume it is from the Interferon or Ribavirin (since the Incivek is long gone), though I don't recall this odd symptom from my last stab at treatment (2001). Anyone else having a similar side effect?
krowdog said
May 1, 2012
Yeah, I had that bad taste too, after the incivek.
I think it was the riba, but that's just my guess.
"after the Incivek"...some lovely words, huh? ;))
Brad
-- Edited by krowdog on Wednesday 2nd of May 2012 02:37:08 AM
Yes. I responded really quickly to the triple tx so they kept me on 24 weeks.
yup im a notorious sweet tooth, and its disappeared and ive just about lost 8 kilos... wooo hooo.
wnose - Funny about the chocolate! Glad the tastebuds come back. I see you were a combo relapser. Did you do 24 weeks with Incivek?
Yeah, funny thing you mentioned the chocolate. On month 2, I bought some dark chocolate and it was terrible. I thought it had gone bad or perhaps I had picked up a bad batch. So I wrapped it up, left it in the freezer and promptly forgot about it.
I'm now 1 month post treatment and discovered the same bar 2 days ago...and finished it with no hesitation. And it was delish. So yes...it does get better. So don't bother with any expensive restaurant food in the next few months - you won't appreciate it.
See - saved you some money already.
You'll get used to it. When I was in treatment I couldn't stomach food with my 6 am dose of Incivek, so I downed two tablespoons of olive oil and went back to bed. The last couple of months I could barely eat solid food. I was surviving off protein shakes with brown rice flour and protein powder, V8 vegetable juice coctail, fruit juice, yoghurt and pudding and a lot of milk. Hey, it kept my weight up. Eating became a utilitarian endevor.
I am almost three months post tx now. My appetite was one of the first things to come back, especially when I finished the ribavirin. The best thing I found for the nausea was Medical MJ which I got a doctors recomendation for.
-- Edited by Shaun on Wednesday 2nd of May 2012 08:56:35 AM
Yes I've found that food is a downer. Especially peanut butter for my fat dose. I'm just eating a lot of fruit and the 20 grams when the incevik dose is called for. I'll be glad to get back to food being a positive thing.
I am having the same problem--BIG TIME!
I found cranberry juice can help stimulate my appetite. There is one with a hint of lime that really helps. Also tonic water and lemon-lime soda help too.
I found I am craving sweets so much more, which is a bummer because I am diabetic and have to watch my sweet intake.
I have resorted to drinking Boost Glucose Control shakes with an added tablespoon of canola oil for those time when food becomes a four letter word.
I am also using my prescription anti-nausea medicine a lot more when nausea hits, which can happen when I just smell food.
-- Edited by Piggles925 on Wednesday 2nd of May 2012 06:30:26 AM
Foods you loved will taste foul and others fair, you may even tolerate foods
you would not have before, The Metallic taste can be a bind.
Experimentation & Determination is the Key.
It all goes back to something approaching normal after TX I have found.
All The Best.
Steve.
Many of my favorite foods now taste terrible. For example, most cereals and anything with chocolate tastes bitter, but ham and most pasta dishes are still OK. In fact most sweets taste lousy. Sometimes they are OK for the first few bites before the nasty aftertaste kicks in. I assume it is from the Interferon or Ribavirin (since the Incivek is long gone), though I don't recall this odd symptom from my last stab at treatment (2001). Anyone else having a similar side effect?
Yeah, I had that bad taste too, after the incivek.
I think it was the riba, but that's just my guess.
"after the Incivek"...some lovely words, huh? ;))
Brad
-- Edited by krowdog on Wednesday 2nd of May 2012 02:37:08 AM