Table 2.

Symptom Management Strategies

Symptom	Strategy
Nausea/vomiting	Used antiemetics Ate before going to bed Ate limes Drank water Increased activity Deep breathing Avoid getting hungry; snack throughout the day Create own schedule for medications
Taste changes	Add barbeque sauce, ketchup, lemon, butter, or cheese to enhance flavor Use plastic utensils “because the metal made everything taste weird, like metally” Heating foods up “because then I don’t really taste the sourness because it’s so hot” Just eat and taste eventually returned
Dry mouth	Drank fluids before and while eating Ate sour candy Brushed teeth and tongue
Smells	Left the room Asked that the food be removed from the room