How are you coping with the bitter taste from cancer treatment?

I found that cantaloupe tasted good, I ate plain white rice, mashed potatoes and potato leek soup.

I started liking foods that I normally wouldn’t eat. Most things that I like now taste gross.

Everything tastes like metal. It has no taste. Drinking water is like drinking cold liquid metal. I eat grits and soup. I have lost 26 pounds since the end of June. I gained 10 to 12 pounds from steroids before chemotherapy and lost like 15 pounds after 3 weeks before the next treatment. Thank goodness I'm not that small.

A haven’t started my chemo and herceptin yet but a friend told me to eat with plastic or bamboo utensils and it helps with the metallic taste.

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I have the same issue. I am finding that I can't eat anything that even tastes good enough to swallow. I am now a metal mouth. Water drinks anything taste like I'm drinking down a metal pipe. I can't wait till these treatments are done

I don’t have Platin I have taxol perjeta herceptin. The taxol is weekly and I just finished 2 dose . Lost sense of Taste, bitter aftertaste, but I can still Taste a bit of the coconut water. 100% organic

Completed one round of TCHP a week ago , but everything is still metallic . Only thing I have been manage to taste is mash potatoes and protein drink . Is that all I should be having

Yeah. So awful. Everything tasted awful-even water. I’m vegan but if I had a craving I ate whatever I could. Hang in there.

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I found potatoes and sweet potatoes did not have a bitter taste.

Bananas, cucumbers, cauliflower, potatoes. I’ve been drinking Suja green drink to get other green veggies.

Chew gum . For the metal taste , but the wrost is wend you feel your tongue like sand paper you feel your teeth dirty .i went to my dentist and i recoment the toothpaste that don’t have mint on it is just floured. All can you drink have you be in plastic cup . And wend I feel that I don’t taste nothing just brink coffee whit cream or milk no dairy .

I take L Lyson for this and it helps a ton

Each person is different. I lived off of yogurt and watermelon. Coconut water also helped sometimes. It was day to day whether something tasted good or disgusting. My last chemo was July 8 and now I’m on my 3rd cycle of kadcyla out of 11. I can eat more now but my taste is not completely back. It will get better.

I went through that stage. Chicken soup was my savior with noodles and some vegetables. It will get better. The appetite will come back

I’m just eating everything not paying attention how does it taste. For me it’s easier if the food/drinks are room temperature or cool and soft food. Try eating more often and smaller amounts. Hang in there!

I found plain white rice, boiled white potatoes and plain pasta edible but I concentrated on staying hydrated and drinking liquid IV (pina colada) to help.

Lemon drops help

This metallic taste challenge is unfortunately common with platinum-based chemotherapy drugs, and finding foods that are tolerable can feel overwhelming when your usual options suddenly taste awful. Many community members have found success with bland, room-temperature foods like plain crackers, rice, or pasta, while others discover that strong flavors like ginger or mint can help mask the metallic taste - though finding what works often requires patience and experimentation.