some number of yrs ago I began to develop an aversion to certain foods, not a dislike a real aversion, foods I had eaten for yrs. as time has gone by since then I have developed an equal aversion to certain smells and have a very difficult time in traffic due to exhaust odors.

I had a conversation w/an internist regarding the foods and she indicated 2 things. one, the liver is your filter, for everything, everything you eat, drink and breath and when its under stress the body will begin making its own decisions about what is and isn't good for it. many odors are toxic from the mild to the sever and the liver knows it more than any other organ in the body.

secondly both interferon and ribivirin cause a hyper reactive condition throughout the body that once triggered the docs really have no prediction for when it will stop or even if it ever will. I have a friend that is crippled by her interferon treatment 9 yrs ago as a hyper reactive cell condition in her bone marrow never ceased, its not as uncommon as they would lead you to believe.

many people that have gone through any type of chemo report hyper sensivity to all sorts of things for yrs and even forever after treatment.

bev you may want to chat wi/your doc about it, as small, short term doses of a mild steroid will often shut the process down but as you well know comes w/its own set of time bombs.

don't you love this disease, even when its gone it leaves ghosts of the dragon.