|   "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) 
 Joined:  Apr 2007 Posts: 794 |  Hello Jen,My mom had extensive radiation done, both IMRT and Brachy.  Happy to report that she has no saliva issues and her taste buds are still all working!
 I will be thinking about you.
 
 Donna
   Donna
 CG to Mom, dx 4/25/07 with tongue cancer,T3N0,tx began 7/6/07, 31 tx's of IMRT, 8 cycles of Erbitux. Brachytherapy, surgery, left neck dissection and temp trach placed all on 9/17/07, trach removed 10/17/07. ORN of jaw, late effect of radiation symptoms. **lost my beautiful mother on 5/5/11.
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