ok, maybe it's the preggo hormones in overdrive but i received the following email from my sister:

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I am sending out invitations tomorrow, but b/c i am behind, as usual, just wanted to give you a heads up on the date:

**** Aug ****. **pm

******** in ******

******* is registered at Toys R Us .com just search his name.

Like i said, i am hoping i get a lunch tomorrow and can get them out!!

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this went to our entire extended family and friends (had probably 25-30 recipients...)

WTF????? i've never heard of this. i mean yeah, he's my Godson so duh, i'm going to get him something, but everything on his list is $50+ !!

i dont even know where to begin to respond to her email.

Thanks for your good wishes, everyone. Actually I did lose most of my weight because of the lapband. I lost 30 lbs, going from 143 to 113 lbs because of the cancer. The radiation has really messed up my mouth, sense of taste is now wonky and I produce no saliva, and thus eating is a real chore at best. The fact that food is no longer a pleasure makes me very sad. I still miss it.

Still hijacking thread here - Has it affected all aspects of your taste or are there some foods that you can still taste such as cinnamon or mint? I have an aunt who has practically lost all ability to taste mainly due to the cocktail of medications she is on but those particular flavors still work for her. One of her favorite things to eat now are those Girlscout thin mint chocolate cookies (aka Keebler grasshopper cookies) She too is struggling to not lose weight at this stage so is not too worried about the high calories.

I thought the Girl Scouts removed all the calories from their Cookies????? WTH????

Kat

Still hijacking thread here - Has it affected all aspects of your taste or are there some foods that you can still taste such as cinnamon or mint? I have an aunt who has practically lost all ability to taste mainly due to the cocktail of medications she is on but those particular flavors still work for her. One of her favorite things to eat now are those Girlscout thin mint chocolate cookies (aka Keebler grasshopper cookies) She too is struggling to not lose weight at this stage so is not too worried about the high calories.

The sweet flavours have come back to me. I have been told that they come back first. It is the savoury tastes with which I have real problems. Unfortunately I have never been a fan of sweets. I got fat on overeating main courses plain and simple. Now I can't enjoy a taco, a pizza or any of those great dishes. *sob* I have been living for months now on milkshakes which my husband makes out of chocolate flavoured body builder powder. He buys this at a health food store. Because I find the powder too sweet we cut this with strong home made unsweetened coffee and a lot of ice cubes. We use skim milk as I find anything else to be too rich and thus too difficult on my digestive tract. My dietician wishes I would use Carnation Instant Breakfast instead but I find these far too sweet and I don't like the texture. I have been eating a lot of fresh strawberries and really enjoying them. They are juicy enough that it helps take care of the lack of saliva problem. I can actually swallow them! I still really hate bananas, though! lol

I had no issues with loss of taste, but still seemed to live on watermelon that summer. And I swore the next moron to mention Ensure to me, I was going to shove a can you know where!!!!

Kat

I'm hijacking too.

Green, it's good to see you again. I was fairly new I think when you dropped off. Didn't know what was going on though. Glad to hear about your tests results. That's good news! Take care!

Ghost, how are you doing?