Thank you Christine. So many of your posts have been very helpful on this forum. I am rather impatient about wanting my taste to return. I want to return to work (I teach autistic preschoolers), but I know I need my energy to be 100% before I can attempt that. Have there been any studies done which suggest certain vitamins or foods help to stimulate recovery of the taste buds? Thanks again.

Teacher Karen
DX: SCC of right maxillary alveolar ridge, 9/2010.
Surgery 11/2010, removal of 4 teeth and gum.
Surgery 11/2012, removal of 3 teeth and gum.
IMRT 1/2013-2/2013
Surgery 1/2015 retromolar trigone resection; removal of 1 tooth and gum.
Surgery 10/2015 left modified radical neck dissection, inferior parotidectomy, external carotid artery resection.
Cetuximab based chemoradiation 64.8 Gy to resection bed.
Surgery 6/19/2018 Right inferior maxillectomy, bilateral low palate resection