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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Congrats on finishing radiation! Now let the healing begin!!! To heal faster make sure you have a high protein diet. I add high protein powder to my feeding formula. You can also get some unflavored kind and add it to whatever you are able to drink. Keep rinsing your mouth a few times per day with a mixture of 16oz warm water, 2 tsp baking soda and 2 tsp salt. This will help heal the mouth sores. It can take up to a few weeks for them to heal. Taste will take longer, it can take up to 2 years for a full recovery. In about 2 months you should start to taste again.
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
