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Guts

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Did the Food Ever Taste Like Food Again

The only thing that's left is to go back to food because you can't ingest it intravenously. We're afraid of infection and we can't repair your gut surgically. So they start you on a round of, I don't know, baby food? Gerber. And John says it worked. His body was able to take the food. But I couldn't taste anything. It continued that way for another couple of months. And did the food ever taste like food again? Well,  I have a little ritual with this particular radiologist. Whenever I get tests there, when I'm done with the tests, I'm able to eat again. The thought of food becomes

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