Not sure if you are in the same boat as me for treatments. I'm getting chemo and radiation concurrently. The radiation definitely reduced my ability to taste. I thought it was also to blame for foods tasting terrible. I found out, however, that the chemo was the culprit for making foods taste bad. It was week 4 for me also, which happened to be the week after my second chemo treatment. Later that week, after flushing more of the chemo out of my system, food started just having the reduced flavor again. Hope it turns out to be the case for you too. I know I was devastated when butterscotch pudding, one of the few foods I loved that I could still eat, tasted terrible.


Dan

Stage 4 SCC on right underside of tongue

DX on 7/19/13 at age 29, no tobacco, light drinking

Partial Glossectomy/reconstruction/neck disection 8/20/13
Temp Trach, PEG tube

4/59 lymph nodes cancerous, 1 with extracapsular extension

Chemo - Cisplatin - 3 treatments started on 10/01/13
Radiation - 33 treatments started on 10/02/13