I can actually taste things, I just cannot physically move them very well because the cancer/infection has taken over one half of my tongue. I am on the 3rd day of my new antibiotics, and as they ravage my intestines, I think they’re finally helping the pain in my mouth! I still have the pain in my neck.
The next step for me is a biopsy of my lung (stupid PET scan), and chemo. My goal through all of this is just to be able to eat a Chipotle burrito.

Thanks for responding! I was so desperate!
As it turns out, I already see a palliative doctor, and I had a zoom appointment with him just a few days after this post! I had completely forgotten about it because I could not focus on anything other than pain. I was in tears during the appointment, and could barely speak. He explained to me that different opioids can trigger the reflex to vomit differently. He put me on Oxycodone, and I was so desperate for relief that I tried it! It worked! I slept for 6 full hours! I have not thrown up once!
Those little pills really came in handy when I got the biopsy done! Unfortunately for me, all the samples came back positive for cancer. They also contained MULTIPLE strains of bacteria, for which I am on 2 new antibiotics. And the new antibiotics make me nauseous… 🫠