I am SOOOO frustrated

We are all different I couldn’t touch mash potatoes first almost 2 years far too grainy. Try sweet potatoes they can be easier. Mushy peas like wise claggy faggiots  never had them but mince took me a long time tk be able to eat.  
acupuncture takes time ur doesn’t work for everyone. How far out if treatment are you ? 

hazel 

I’m 4 months out of treatment for orophangeal cancer

Hi You may nit  think it but it’s early days in the scheme so f things. 
im 7 years out and can eat most things apart from spicy. It doesn’t   happen over night but give it a few months and improvements start. I went along the lines that nursery food helped me if a baby couldn’t eat it I took the line of thinking that it wouldn’t go into my mouth either poached eggs smashed avocado home-made soup  cheap white bread toasted was easier than artisan bread  It’s all try  if you can’t eat one week try again later like I said earlier mashed potatoes were big no no for me for a good time but sweet potatoes very easy .

treatment does a lot if damage and takes time to recover  tea and coffee dehydrate alongside alcohol  remember that  I have a few coffees but mostly herbal tea  I’m the oddball i have  ni tolerance for alcohol can di alcohol free Guineas or beer. My oncologist said alcohol in moderation but no spirits  

just keep trying we all recover differently  I managed a small Christmas dinner 4  months post but derived no pleasure the following year was much better 

Hazel x

I know we can all get frustrated as we all would like things to get back the way they were. 4 months is still very early stage. Take little steps at a time. Try to re-introduce new food regularly and if it does not work, try again in a few weeks time. I only started eating again over 3 months after my treatment as I had mouth ulcers. After that in the first year following the removal of my peg, I stuck to very simply food : mash( sweet potatoes) , avocados, yogurts, milkshakes, part boiled eggs, mousses. I regularly introduced new food and tried again a couple of months after if unsuccessfull. 

You will get there. 

Fab1

It takes time and perseverance to kickstart our appetite and taste. We do get frustrated, and depression can accompany the frustration, but things do eventually improve.

A rant now and again is good for the soul, most of us have had a rant or two somewhere down the treatment/recovery line.