Hi Kathy, I'm really sorry you have to go through this, and I'm sorry Kevin does too.

Shortly after I finished my first waltz with Madame C, during which I lost my sense of taste entirely just as suddenly as if someone flipped a switch from "Taste" to "No taste;" a friend introduced me to a man who had been through the process 5 years previously.

His friend told me that A) the sense of taste DOES return fully, and B) it took him 5 years for this to happen.

My first recurrence was in my liver (distant metastasis) 17 months later; and although I'd recovered about 40-50% of my ability to taste, Ice Cream was still out for me. What has always puzzled me about this however, is that fact that I was able to enjoy and taste milkshakes made with Ice Cream! Weird, but there it is, and today I still can't eat ice cream.

Another thing is the fact that most chemo will mess with the sense of taste. I don't have a clue as to why, that that's been my observation after my third waltz around the floor (I'm in remission the third time for these past three weeks now.)

Get him a milkshake and if he can't consume it, do it yourself as a reward for being such a great, caring caregiver and spouse!