Barry,
I agree with Rick, you win (how to collect your fabulous prize will be arriving in your mail within the next 6 - 10 weeks, be sure to check your mailbox daily LOL)
Maverick,
You know how research has shown that one of the reasons its so hard to stop smoking is that the person misses the hand to mouth action.... well, not everyone has smoked, but, we, as regular everyday humans have eaten multiple times a day our entire lives. Then to not be able to do this anymore? .... as Barry so eloquently put it, WTF
I don't think that because I crave a specific category, that this is why I am able to taste it. That concept seems like it would be stating I could will myself into being able to taste something.
I think I enjoy these types of flavors more now just because almost everything else has almost no taste to it. This carries over to other types of food. An example is that now I prefer stronger cheeses, cannot taste bland ones at all, they might as well be rubber. The exception I've noticed is chocolate flavor, I used to definitely prefer dark, and now not so much, but I think its just that sugar is hard for me to taste, and the dark is not as sweet as milk chocolate...
I would be interested to know if any other PALS here on this forum have lost their ability to taste well too. As I'd mentioned in my previous post,
every doctor I've discussed this with has said I have no other indicators for a cause, and that the 7th & 10th cranial nerves are the ones responsible for this, and also the nerves which innervate muscles which I had problems with first..... that even though
ALS is a disease of the motor neurons, it does not always limit itself to just the motor function of nerves involved.
... and not to make light of being lactose intolerant, (I have a good friend who is, and it is a real pain) I would trade this for being able to taste other food in a heartbeat!
