 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Chocolate is a difficult one that many people really struggle with. It didnt bother me. I drank yoo-hoo all thru my treatments and afterwards drank chocolate milk to sooth my mouth when I ate anything spicy. Gosh, I remember eating canned soup and thinking it was pure salt. To me everything tasted like it was burnt and very salty for about 3 months after rads. It takes a long time to recover. Ive learned it takes a month of recovery for every week you have had radiation. It really can take up to a full 2 years for a complete recovery. Hang in there, things really will still improve for you.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
