Hello MC....
I am alittle over 3 months since my last radiation. Dec.19th to be exact. I was to have 36 rad treatments, but turned out to have 35 (the doc decided to combine the last two)and 7 chemo treatments(every wednesday)I had right tonsil S.C.C. that had metastasized to a lympnoid in my right neck. The lympnoid was removed along with four others (that were not cancer)and both my tonsils(two different operations).... It was TOUGH....But I am a SURVIVOR !! I lost 35 lbs but I was at 240lbs so I could afford it...I am just starting to get some saliva back (which is fantastic)but I'm still very dry, and I am tasting about 40% of the food(which Iam very thankful for)My Radiation Doc says I should get close to 85% of saliva and taste back but it is a very slow process. So What I have to say to you is eat alot now and savor the taste and enjoy the saliva in your mouth because it will go away....but the beautiful thing is that it will return!!! It Just seems like forever. Good Luck With Your Treatment we know what you feeling.