Acupuncture

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Good morning all, I’m nearly 3 months post treatment (radiotherapy and chemotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer) a week away from my PET scan. Have similar issues to others on this site with food, lack of taste, dry mouth etc. I’m sure I have read somewhere on this site of people having acupuncture to help with this and would just like some feedback and opinions. 

Debbie x

  • Hi Tricia, thank you for your reply and I’m pleased to hear you found the Acupuncture beneficial like Hazel and Dani. I just find the whole food thing really stressful so it’s reassuring to read that it gets better. One day I can manage a certain type of food and the next day I can’t face it. Heinz chicken soup and poached eggs are my main diet , I swear I’ll end up looking like a poached egg!! Oh and Guiness which is very bizarre as I’ve never drank Guiness in my life but now have a craving for it!! And can taste it! Very weird. Thank you. 
    Debbie x

  • I'm good Hazel, last weeks check up flagged up nothing. So jealous of your 9 week stint to Spain-if only. Relatives and poorly dogs have made it not possible to get away, but we prioritised. Some of my male friends love going out to dinner with me as, they take a chunk of my meat and I nick their veg/gravy/pasta etc, I don't go hungry. I have even put back on 1/2 stone, but only recently. Now getting into mild curries/chillis, perhaps with more pulse than meat. Umami paste is great as is pepperoni pizza and fried pancetta. I've certainly been able to ramp up the spice and yes-little pimientos and padron peppers-love tapas too. Take care.

    Tricia

    Piya10
  • It is Debbie and easy to get bogged down with the lack of progress and the pressure we pile on ourselves to bounce back, but that's just human nature I think. I found high cocoa content choc bars a good snack and now I have discovered Fuel Breakfast drinks Chocolate/vanilla my fav as tasty and full of good stuff. Through Amazon. Downside-only sold in 8 packs so an expensive mistake potentially. I could only eat the yolk of a fried or poached egg for ages and only last week did I manage to enjoy some scrambled egg that didn't have a gravelly texture, so bizarre. I have never gone off white wine (thank heavens) but can't cope with red, but I'm good with that...bottoms up !!

    Keep going

    Tricia

    Piya10