Hi Paul,

Right you are! I think that taste is the first to bite the dust, it was in my case.

I'd add the the inner ear, I lost ~50% of my hearing range because the cisplatin got either the fine hairs in the cochlea, or the nerves leading from them to the auditory center in the brain. And every other chemo has taken a bite from the remainder.

Some of these nerves will grow back, I suspect that such is the case with the ones involved in taste.

Also, if you catch it soon enough, loss of feeling in the extremities will likely reverse (recover). Mine has already lessened somewhat even though it's only been 3 weeks since I got the word that I'm in remission again.


My intro: http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post163644

09/09 - Dx OC Stg IV
10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad
11/09 - PET CLEAN
07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver)
06/12 - PET CLEAN
09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver)
04/13 - PET CLEAN
06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node)
10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective
11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres
02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node
03/15 - Begin 15 Rads
03/24 - Final Rad! Woot!
7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!