4 full months! But it's a slow process smile things are getting better though! It'll happen for you too it's still very early in the healing process for you. Some people here are doing remarkably well with taste only a month or so out but I think that has a lot to do with where the radiation is focused if you get the bulk of it on your tongue then it may take longer for your buds to recover ( mine was directly to the tongue!) take care & give your body time to heal.

Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan