Wow! It took almost a whole year to get rid of those pesky things?! I don't know if I should tell my hubby that - he might get too discouraged, since he was told that would be one of the first things to "go away". I know his taste buds are still off. Just today I gave him a glass of diet cream soda (and he knows what it "should" taste like)...but he said that it tasted like a combination of cream soda and vinegar! (blaahh!) So I'm sure the mouth sores have something to do with that. He said he counted around 10 sores in his mouth although he said just a week ago it seemed less. But just the other day he was complaining that they felt more "raised" and "doubled up". I'm at a loss - but I suppose he'll just have to be patient and tolerant as possible. Geez, none of the doctors he has seen ever told us about the lasting side effects of the treatment. I just remember his surgeon telling him before his triple endoscopy that they were going to "beat him up" pretty good. I knew it wasn't going to be easy - but I wish they would have explained more to us about the side effects of the chemo and radiation. Thanks for your info - it does help!!