Great to read your update sooner!

I just remembered about a food that worked early in recovery - canned crab meat sautéed in butter. And yes, my husband had major improvement in taste & smell and swallowing well past the one year mark, even some increase in saliva after 2 years.


CG to husband, dx @ age 65, nonsmoker/social drinker. Dx 5/08 SCC Stage IV, BOT T1N2aM0. 33 IMRT - completed 9/12/08. Induction Chemo (Cisplatin, Taxotere & 5FU), plus concurrent Cisplatin.
1/09 PEG removed; 5/09 neg PET/CT; 5/10 PET/CT NED
Dental extraction & HBOT 2013; ORN 2014; Debridement/Tissue Transfer & HBOT 2016