It's kind of weird the things that I can taste and the things that I can't. I can taste chipped ham, and coffee, and coffee yogurt and some kinds of tomato based things. Our local coffee shop has a wonderful butternut squash soup that tastes great to me, and one of the area grocery stores carries a frozen lobster bisque that also tastes good. Some things with small pieces (like bacon bits)don't work at all, even though I can taste them because they move around in my mouth too much. What I find most frustrating is how long it takes me to eat something, especially when I am at work.

Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.