Hey katie,

Regarding your taste - this was one of my biggest concerns when I found out about the treatment I would have to do; I may be small but I am a big eater smile

Luckiy, my taste is back nearly 100% now, and I am able to enjoy all of the foods I enjoyed before. It takes me longer to eat, but i pretty much don't have anything i cant eat, other than spicy food (and sometimes giant sandwiches)!

A peice of advice though - don't eat your favorite foods past like the first week of radiation, stick to blander foods. sushi is my favorite food, and i tried to eat it once during radiation and almost threw up. i just recently started to like it again within the last few months.

Emily - 24 years old at diagnosis
HPV-, no risk factors
T2N2b Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Left oral tongue, poorly differentiated
Hemiglossectamy, reconstruction, partial neck dissection
30 Radiation treatments, weekly chemo (cisplatin)
1/13/12 last day of treatment
Diagnosed October 2011