Jay - so glad to see such an encouraging update! The taste for sweetness did come later for my son. For him it happened when he bit into a gourmet jelly bean and we really celebrated that! Maybe you could get Jen a nice bunch of colorful and different flavored gourmet jelly beans for her to try and check on the sweetness taste.
Anne-Marie CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)