Keeping up with the changes and challenges of eating is very emotional for many. "I loved food, eating and cooking and not to be able to derive any pleasure from food was really hard," said Emma.
"I really missed eating and enjoying simple things like going out for lunch."
The advice from Dr Shaw and other leading cancer charities is to be flexible with meals and to eat what you can when you can.
Most people fully recover their sense of taste - including Emma.
"About three weeks after my final chemo, my taste came back over a couple of weeks. Such a happy feeling!