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momma to3 boys · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:34 pm **Posts:** 171

THIS IS A ODD QUESTION,BUT SINCE YOUR CHILD HAS PASSED,DOES FOOD TASTE DIFFERENT?I JUST DONT SEEM TO ENJOY IT OR TASTE IT LIKE I DID.

Cindy · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:31 pm

Carla, I don't think that's an odd question. Yes, it did taste different and sometimes it still does after all this time. I think the reason it did for me is because everything I ate reminded me of B.J. and it just upset me so much that I guess I just lost my desire to eat whatever it was at the time. You know, if it was food he liked...I felt guilty for eating it without him. If it was food he didn't like...I felt guilty for cooking it since he wasn't here. These minds of ours work in such strange ways I think. I will tell you this though...for me it has gotten better.
Love you, Cindy

momma to3 boys · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:34 pm **Posts:** 171

TAMMY,I AM SO SORRY.IT BREAKS MY HEART ,I DIDNT WANT TO HURT YOU WITH MY QUESTION..CHRIS HAD A FULL STOMACH.AND I THINK HOW HUNGREY HE WAS THAT NITE,HE ATE 2 PLATEFULS OF SPAGETTI AND I HAVE A HARD TIME EATING THAT NOW,MY HUSBAND MADE IT A FEW MONTHS AGO AND I CRIED.I THINK OF EVERY DETAIL AND I HANG ON TO IT.

momma to3 boys · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:34 pm **Posts:** 171

CINDY,I DO TOO ,I FEEL BAD ABOUT EATING AT CERTAIN RESTERANTS ,THAT CHRIS LOVED.MY FAMILY HAVE GOTTEN USED TO ME CRYING WHILE I EAT.

Cindy · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:43 pm

Oh Carla, I did too. And the first two Thanksgivings after B.J. died we went to eat at one of his favorite restaurants and all ordered his favorite foods for our meal. It was so hard to do but it was what our family chose to do to survive the holiday and to honor B.J. if that makes sense. But that has gotten better too. Now it almost feels like he's with me when I go where he use to go and eat what he ate. I tell him I'll enjoy it for him...like he needs me to I know! It brings me comfort most of the time now. Oh it's bittersweet but comfort is still there.
Love, Cindy

Lynda · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:56 pm

YES! YES! and YES! For the longest time after the accident, the ONLY thing I could eat was dry toast and grits. Why this combination? I don't know...maybe because these were two things Garion didn't eat so I didn't associate them with him. Also, I could slurp the grits off the spoon and nibble at the crumbs of the toast. I lost a lot of weight in the beginning...I guess I need to start eating grits and toast again.
But even now, there are times things taste different, but not like it was in the beginning. I notice it more when I am at a real low.
Hugs,
Lynda

Barbara · **Posted:** Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:09 pm

Yes Oh yes,everything tastes different.Foods taht we always loved just don't taste right at all.Michael loved to go to Taco Bell but I just can't eat their food anymore.
Its not the same.
Hugs,
Barbara

momma to3 boys · **Joined:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:34 pm **Posts:** 171

i thought it was me,i thought something was wrong,grief affects every single area of your life

JANE_E · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:09 am

It's strange that someone asked about food tasting different. I told my husband that I've lost my sense of taste. Everything tastes flat to me now. I don't enjoy food anymore at all. I'm not skinny but probably because I just snack on garbage stuff rather than eating good balanced meals.

I keep trying to find a taste that is actually "alive" and I can't. Nothing tastes right to me anymore. I also have so much heart burn that I feel as if I could shoot a flame across the room........... My doctor says it's time for a physical for me....

I went to the doctor today for what I thought was an injury to my right hand. It turns out I have Osteoarthritis......... I've known for four years that I had arthritis working on my fingers but it's really gotten bad lately. He gave me a prescription, took blood and X-rays of both hands. I should get the results Monday.

Strangely, I don't mind these things coming up............. I didn't even want to go because I keep thinking I'll be going home to meet Scott soon, so why bother.

jane

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