I
remember a time when I stayed home sick from school. My mom was also ill. We both shared strong colds. I remember she made us a beautiful lunch: halibut,
baked potato, cottage cheese, corn. Only
the textures were different. All of it
was tasteless because of our stupid colds.
When
I was younger, I remember my dad using Fisherman’s
Friends to cure a sore throat. Those
things were nasty! Until my taste buds
freaked out on me I have never been able to handle keeping a Fisherman’s Friends in my mouth until it
was completely dissolved. I am now able
to keep one in there for the duration. I can barely taste it.
I think that this loss in taste might
just be a temporary thing. Before I got
my latest sinus infection, I recall a sister in the ward not showing up for a
meeting as she reported her sinus condition.
Another sister swore up and down that if she would take 15000 dosage of
vitamin D3 every three hours for nine hours that she would be cured. 15000?
That seemed like a lot. And when
I came down with symptoms of my own, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try. However I could not find 15000 – not even 1500. The closest I had come was 1000 which I
selected and took every three hours for nine hours – for three days (as it did
not go away in one). Turns out I have
overdosed on vitamin D3 – which I had suspected but didn’t realize I would lose
my taste buds as a result. I hope it’s
only temporary. I would like to enjoy
eating again.
On
the plus side I have lost weight and will continue to do so as I just don’t
enjoy eating. Oh, I did have some Top Roman noodles for lunch. I added some crushed seaweed and tomatoes
which I could taste slightly. It is the
first thing I’ve eaten for the last four days that felt almost worthy of
eating. I wanted to share that good
taste with Roland. His taste buds are
working just fine and evidently my lunch was too overpowering for him and he
did not appreciate the taste. I suspect
I wouldn’t under normal circumstances.
