Jon,

Good to see you post again. I did without the PEG also and hated food at this point in treatment. I just did eggs, pudding, and, hot dogs but mostly the Ensure. None of it had much taste. I started getting taste back at one month. I am two and a half months out and can taste most everything to some degree. It comes back slowly but I do have enough taste to start enjoying food again.

You are at about the hardest point now. It's all downhill from here. It will get a little easier as you go along. Just try and get something down every day. Before long you will notice you are tasting again.

Kelly

Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR