 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hi Bobbie,
I am 4 months out from radiation and it sounds like you are following about the same path as I did where healing is concerned. At 2 months I could suffer through a bowl of soup, but depended on my tube for my nutrition. I choked on everything I tried to eat and couldn't taste it anyway. At 4 months out it is a WORLD of difference! I eat basically anything I want to, as 90% of my saliva is back and my taste buds are full steam ahead (expect for chocolate, which tastes horrible). I choke now and again, and some things still sting my mouth at times, but eating is enjoyable to me again. I just finished a quarter pounder meal from McDonalds while reading my emails, and am munching on a bowl of Special K cereal as I type this. Be patient and it will get better.
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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