Conflict of Senses

Over the past three or four days, I've noticed that my taste buds have deteriorated quite drastically from the onslaught of radiation. Not only that, there is always a lingering salty and bitter taste in my mouth. Even when I drink water, it tastes like someone put salt in it with a twist of bitter. Yuk!

Needless to say, when I look at food now (any type of food), I have a distaste for it. Consequently, I lose my appetite. My mind has been tricked into thinking that the food tastes salty and bitter, rather than what it actually tastes like. And memory here doesn't help any. It's the reality of what I'm tasting in my mouth that dominates my brain.

It's like the tongue saying to my brain: "Dude, the food you are allowing to be put into the mouth tastes horrible! Stop torturing me already!"

But I know that the food looks good and smells good and I know from experience that it also tastes good. And so, I try desperately to overcome what reality is telling me and tell my brain that the food I'm eating tastes good and I am enjoying it.

Mind over matter. Not an easy battle. Reminds me a lot about faith.

Anyway, here's a funny commercial by the good folks at Coca Cola to promote Coke Zero. It really depicts the conflict. By the way, take a close look at the toes of the tongues.......they're made up of teeth. Brilliant.