I joked about handling nausea like I was pregnant. I really have all the crazy cravings like I was pregnant! This past week I found myself eating the strangest things. It started with David brought home a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips. I thought I would eat one just so I share something with him since I had not been able to eat much at the time. Well, like they said, you can’t just eat one. I ate a whole bowl of it and waiting to throw up, well, I didn’t. Guess what? I started eating potato chips! Isn’t that a root vegetable?! lol! David and I have shared a family size bag of potato chips everyday since!
Well, it didn’t stop there. I went to the store the other day and thought I should have some fermented food since I need to rebuild my gut flora. I bought some kim chi because that was the first thing came to mind. I normally don’t even like kim chi, they are smelly and yucky. Well, they tasted like the most delicious food in the world right now! lol!
Those are just two examples, but I have been eating up a storm of weird things I don’t normally even think about eating!
Last time I was at tai chi week, a friend of mine told me when she went through her chemo and radiation for her lung cancer 10 years ago, she lived in a little town at the time and they couldn’t do chemo there, so she had to go to Toronto to do it. Being in the big city at possibly the last stage of her life at the time, she was determined to enjoy herself! She took herself to movies and museums and binged on french fries that she stayed away from for most of her life. She said she was the only person she knows that gained 20 lbs during chemo. Well, she is about to meet another one! I gained 2 lbs already since chemo day 10 days ago. 🙂 I lost about 20 lbs since the whole cancer thing started. At the rate, I will be right back on track by the time I finish chemo… with a new healthy body and good spirit to boot!
There’s a saying that your body will want the foods that provide what it needs at the time. This would explain the salty potato chips and the kim chi. Listen to your body and let it tell you what will bring health.
Oh, my favorite food group! Potato chips are now my go to dessert when everyone else is having the other stuff. I’m so delighted you feel so well this time around. It’s good to know I’ll have someone else to save me from consuming the whole bag the next time I’m with you. Soldier on!