I went through a phase during treatment where everything tasted like pure salt, too. After awhile, I lost taste completely and it went away. After treatment, salt was the first taste to come back. So, once again, everything tasted super salty for awhile. It will pass. Hang in there!

Tracy - 33 at diagnosis
SCC right ventral tongue Dx 4/11.
T1N2M0
1st resection 5/11.
Bilateral neck dissection: 2 pos nodes
2nd resection w/graft 6/11.
Erbitux x 11 completed 9/11. IMRT x 30 completed 8/11.
3 month MRI and PET/CT all clear.
6, 9, 12 and 24 month post treatment MRIs all clear.