My appetite has completely deserted me. I'm trying to eat foods that smell good because I hope they will have some flavor. I've lost about 20 pounds already so I'm starting to drink Ensure and Glucerna shakes for nutrition. I can still taste some of the Naked brand of fruit and vegetable smoothies too.

Thanks to everybody for your warmth and hospitality. I'm going to browse through the forums and check back here periodically.

2/2014 SCC T4aN2bM0 HPV+ Tonsil/BOT
3/3/2014 PEG and port
3/10/2014 Chemoradiation therapy begins 260 mg Cisplatin x3, 2.12 Gy rads x33
4/23/2014 Final Cisplatin infusion
4/25/2014 Final radiation treatment
7/17/2014 PET scan. Lymph nodes clear. Primary tumor reduced both size and SUV (borderline hypermetabolic) so it's inconclusive.
8/2/2014 PEG tube removed.
11/24/2014 Saw MO, RO, ENT, and Head & Neck Surg. over past 10 days - all agree no recurrence but enhanced surveillance will continue.