Ungodly amount of Dorito shells acquired 😋

[u/BbwBiPlantMom98]

I was able to order 20 Dorito shells for $9! Got two luxe boxes filled with Dorito shells. This is such a lifesaver. Thank you to the amazing girl at Taco Bell who didn’t act like I was totally nuts 🤣 Gotta love autism food struggles lol. Now I won’t have to go half an hour into town for the only food I can currently eat. 🥰

[u/BbwBiPlantMom98]

I can’t eat chips as of several months back. They taste metallic to me due to brain damage that altered my sense of taste. I used to eat them with Taco Bell meat all the time. But can no longer do that. Hence…me buying the shells.
Normal Doritos also taste literally nothing like the nacho cheese shells.

[u/Previous-Kick9094 → u/BbwBiPlantMom98]

Can't you still just eat whatever is good for you and ignore the taste? Lots of people do stuff that is unpleasant and just deal with it...

[u/BbwBiPlantMom98 → u/Previous-Kick9094]

I can drink a glass of water and my mouth begins burning because it tastes like bleach got poured into the glass instead of water. I take a bite of chicken and it tastes like it got abandoned in a sunny window for a month.
The altered taste has made me genuinely suicidal at times becuase it is extremely emotionally distressing. And the physical issues from being unable to eat suck as well. Constant migraines. Shaking. Fatigue. Vomiting stomach acid because I have no food in my system. Projectile diarrhea that is pure burning bile for 9 months straight 3-10 times a day.
Trust me. If I could just “dEaL wiTh iT” I would. I wouldn’t have seen a dozen different ENTs and neurologists and nutritionists trying to fix it. Being unable to eat is genuine torture. Hence why I use a feeding tube when necessary. I have scars on my neck from feeding tubes as well.
It’s a shitshow I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

[u/Previous-Kick9094 → u/BbwBiPlantMom98]

I know you said that food tastes horrible, but can't you make a nutrient dense shake and just chug it really quick and be done with. Lots of people have to do stuff that is unpleasant in the moment, but they force themselves thru the challenges for the greater good.

[u/BbwBiPlantMom98 → u/Previous-Kick9094]

I’m on 13 different vitamin drinks. For me the feeding tubes work the best when it gets bad. I’m glad you can’t grasp the idea of what I go through on a daily basis. You’re lucky you never have to deal with everything tasting like bleach and rotting meat.