With the taste buds seemingly gone at week 4 of radiation, sometimes that early morning cup of hot chocolate has the tiniest bit of flavor if I use a LOT of chocolate. That creamy texture from whole milk helps too, not to mention I need the calories.

So, here's Early Morning Hot Chocolate Club - Outpost #3 (central Arkansas) checking in with a progress report. Quick recognition by my crew found another middle of the night advertiser hiding in the bushes, this one pushing golf videos. Standing order #1 accomplished, chain of command notified in accordance with EMHCC directive 1.1.

Rest easy, we are fully alert and on-duty ...

"protecting you while you sleep" (from back in the day when I flew B-52's for Strategic Air Command).

Bombardier Tony


Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good