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The Chemo Diet

This diet is a slice of absurdity.  First my previous diet goals were eating healthy or losing weight.  Forget all of that.  Here are the points of my current diet (and why I eat at home most of the time.) No restaurant vegs/fruits.  Don't know how well it has been washed.  At home I am to wash the bagged pre-washed salads.  Wash fruits.  That makes sense with apples and other hard fruits where I normally eat the skin.  But washing a banana seems weird. (until you realize that you are handling the outside, then touching the inside with your hands. ) Well done.  Steak. Eggs. Meat.  Cook everything well.  For a medium rare lover, this is just sad. No buffets.  People, lots of sick people. Avoid crowds.  Okay, this is not restaurant suggestion, but it is. Wear a mask.  I own some, haven't worn one in public.  yet.  Add calories to your food.  Whipped cream on Jello.  Creamer in coffee....

So what do you eat if you know food may taste awful for the next six months?

And I know how this works... My department is always open for employees on light duty.  At one point, a maintenance man was on light duty, he was going through chemo for GIST.  The kitchen staff would fix a plate for him for breakfast, since he had meds he had to take with food.  He shared my office, so I could smell the glorious food... and he picked at it.  I know what may be coming. So knowing I'll have food restrictions, what do I eat now? Sunday I had chocolate cake for lunch.  and coffee.... not a vegetable or fruit in sight.  It was glorious.  Sunday night I tried a new sushi place.  All you can eat.. but not the buffet type.  Instead, you order rolls, they fix rolls, and you pay a flat price.  Amazing. I've been reading the rules for eating.  Mostly they are to avoid infection, since chemo is carpet bombing my immune system.  Order drinks without ice, order food without garnishes. I'll need to make a short che...