Hi folks I have been away a while.  My treatments ended in June 2009.
I have done quite well, so I would like to offer a word that this can come out well.  I still have limited motion in opening my mouth.  No double deckers any more. Saliva is low, but there.  I cannot eat without a drink to go with it.  As far as taste, sweets are still not there.  I rock candy, all I could taste was the food coloring.  I discovered recently that stevia actually tastes like it is sweet.  I use it a lot now in tea.
The thing that is happening now is that I have started getting cramps in my neck muscles.  My doctor thinks it is not a concern.  I guess it is scar tissue as it is just on the side where I had radiation.