Remember each of us can be different but for me even though I was never a big sweets eater in my adult life I never really lost my sweet taste. Everything else but not sweet. My dry mouth and taste seemed to improve together. I didn't really notice an improvement until my 4th month post, then the 5th, a really big improvement in the 15th month and then another small plus in my 24th month. At first I noticed that I could taste things with my first bite and then blah after that. That slowly improved until I could taste each bite but again be patient as your damaged cells often do take a couple of years to reach maximum recovery. Fruits (other than bananas) took the longest to come back and I used to eat fruits every day. Go figure! Drinking carbonated drinks bothered me the most for the longest time but I hardly ever drank them pre Tx so I didn't care. Beer which I did enjoy pre Tx took at least a year to taste normal.

I estimate I am back to 95% pre Tx normal in both taste and DM.

Again this was just me.

David

Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.