Ian,

WOW!! 46 years? I think that must be some kind of a record on this site. Have you had any other long-term effects? (I'm kind of surprised that taste problems would show up after all this time.)

Maybe you could go to the Survivor Stories section of the forum and tell us some more about your experience, even though it was long ago. It's great to hear more from long-term survivors.

(By the way, I also had radiation implants in my tongue, but only for about 30 hours -- after going through 7 weeks of conventional radiation therapy.)

Cathy

Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989