Linda, I am envious you are able to even eat a pickle! I still have such a sensitive mouth that anything in vinegar or brine HURTS (and I suspect probably always will since I'm a year and 4 months out of radiation)! I used to be such a lover of things like olives and pickles that when I was seven I asked for a jar of especially good pickles in my letter to Santa!

Eating may never "feel right" like it used to but you are doing way WAY better than some of us here so just keep trying and be grateful for what you can taste and swallow.....

SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"