My first side effect from radiation isn’t really that bad. But it is annoying. The treatment Radiation treatment conflicts with my favorite foods. For now. It’s only temporary.
Radiation treatment conflicts with my favorite foods. For now. is article #17 in the series: Do not waste your cancer. Click button to view titles for entire series

Sometimes that kind of news can get to me. “They” say some people eat to live. Others live to eat. I’m one of the latter. There are some foods that are just so good. Two of the top ones are sushi and various kinds of spicy food. For a large part of my life, I couldn’t taste anything unless it was very spicy.
That problem all of a sudden went away. I was at a Cuban restaurant with my wife. Her food was coming towards the table. And I could smell it! And taste it. It was awesome. Suddenly, food went from something with texture and temperature to something with odors and flavors. To this day, pizza remains fairly…