Half Way Done - Finally, crossed the halfway mark this morning. 18 down, 17 to go. The holiday weekend (4 days off) was nice; the sore mouth just about healed up, which made it easier to start again this morning.

No taste for food; I can almost taste Ensure so that's the way I'll probably go until completion. I can eat other stuff, but it tastes so bad (and I mean REALLY BAD) that I just say pass, I'll stick with Ensure. It makes shopping at the grocery really easy. Trivia question - how many six packs of Ensure can you carry (no fair using a basket).

Throat doesn't hurt yet, tongue burns about healed, no skin problems on side of neck (thank you Aquaphor), sleeping well, seem to still have enough energy to want to go do things. So far I'm escaping the side effects, lets see how the last three weeks go .. finish up the day after Christmas.

Right now I would kill for a big old double meat, double cheese bacon cheeseburger and fries. Sadly, the stomach has shrunk enough that I'd likely get only 1/3 of it down.

Oh well, such is life.

T




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