Angelia,

My taste started to come back about 1 month out. I'm 4 months out now and can taste most things. Some things do not taste right yet, like they are missing some key ingredient (vanilla ice cream) and others are now just about the same as pre-treatment. Spicy foods still burn the back of my throat (treatment area) and I eat more slowly.

All in all I am happy with how its coming back. I know it will never be exactly the same but I just treat it as a new culinary adventure. Everything I eat now is new, some old favorites don't taste the same, but I'm finding some things I never liked tast better, so I'm trying all kind of new foods.

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