Hello Rich:
We joined the forum on the same day, so I'm as new to this as you are. My oral cancer is left tonsil, SCC with HPV, surgery complete (I hope) and awaiting start of rad/chemo.

Being completely new, I have no great knowledge to impart to you. But I am a travelling this road with you.

Good luck with your journey


Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good