All the heavy chemotherapy artillery Jimmy got blasted with in January did more than make his hair fall out: among other things, it affected his taste buds. Things that used to taste good to him have lost their appeal, and vice versa.
One of the more noticeable changes has been with coffee. Nearly every day of his adult life, Jimmy has HAD to have his one or two cups when he gets up in the morning, but in this post-transplant era, he has completely lost his taste for it. He craves Coca-Cola instead. A few days ago, as an experiment, he fixed a pot of his favorite Starbucks, but after one swallow, he said,"Yuck. I'm sticking to Coke."
Jimmy has always loved ice cream. He still likes it, but his enthusiasm for it has abated somewhat. For years, Breyer's Peach topped his list, only to be supplanted of late by Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla. He has also been enamoured of Chik-Fil-A's vanilla IceDream cones and knows where every restaurant is located between here and Atlanta.
My personal favorites lean more toward the exotics, like Hagen-Daz or Ben and Jerry's: the Cherry Garcias and the Chubby Hubbys and the Turtle Tracks of the ice cream world. Still, you can't get much better than vanilla with Hershey's chocolate syrup from a can drizzled over it, mushed up and with a few walnuts sprinkled in. Also, plain chocolate is great, with a little milk poured over the top, so that it freezes and makes a thin icy crust.
Excuse me. I have to go fix a bowl of ice cream.
One of the more noticeable changes has been with coffee. Nearly every day of his adult life, Jimmy has HAD to have his one or two cups when he gets up in the morning, but in this post-transplant era, he has completely lost his taste for it. He craves Coca-Cola instead. A few days ago, as an experiment, he fixed a pot of his favorite Starbucks, but after one swallow, he said,"Yuck. I'm sticking to Coke."
Jimmy has always loved ice cream. He still likes it, but his enthusiasm for it has abated somewhat. For years, Breyer's Peach topped his list, only to be supplanted of late by Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla. He has also been enamoured of Chik-Fil-A's vanilla IceDream cones and knows where every restaurant is located between here and Atlanta.
My personal favorites lean more toward the exotics, like Hagen-Daz or Ben and Jerry's: the Cherry Garcias and the Chubby Hubbys and the Turtle Tracks of the ice cream world. Still, you can't get much better than vanilla with Hershey's chocolate syrup from a can drizzled over it, mushed up and with a few walnuts sprinkled in. Also, plain chocolate is great, with a little milk poured over the top, so that it freezes and makes a thin icy crust.
Excuse me. I have to go fix a bowl of ice cream.
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