Exactly four weeks since I finished and several things have happened. I've recovered some taste, lost the horrible muddy taste and have started to eat soups and soft foods like spaghetti. I still don't enjoy these foods but they're bearable, I'm hungry and it's progress. My formula thick-shakes ARE starting to taste good because sweetness was always one of my residual senses of taste.

The trismus seems to have eased a bit, making it easier to brush my teeth and my energy levels are getting back to normal. I can mow my little lawn and walk for 40 minutes.

On the other hand the swelling (on the inside), tightness, tingling and numbness in the operated and radiated side of my face/mouth has become a bit more intrusive. It's not a constant sense of discomfort, waxing and waning as the day goes on, but quite a horrible sensation. I get outbreaks of pain in the area too: comes and goes.

Mentally/emotionally I've been up and down. I'm working on that. I've ordered a recommended book called "Full Catastrophe Living" and intend to learn more about relaxation and mindfulness, living in the now.