Hi Chris, I'm only a few months behind you and so many bits of your story really resonate with me. In particular your reference to beer and taste. I used to have a very sweet tooth but that has definitely changed. I really enjoy bitter tastes now. I now love a nice hoppy beer and can taste elelments that I could never have apprechiated before. Quite a different experience to drinking beer before. I also now eat dark chocolate(+70%) which is an essential part of my weight maintenance (as well as cals it also has lots of protein plus other goodies). But I can't tolerate ordinary confectionary chocolate which has a stinging quality to it. As you say in your blog the person we are coming out the end of this ordeal is quite a different one to the one that went in! Great to hear about the survivors in your SPOHNC group too. Thanks for sharing. Sally