Six Months - nothing new to report. Food taste comes and goes. I'm talking about quality food taste. Some days food tastes good, other days it tastes rather bland. But, I can taste everything.

One example, I always loved animal crackers (kind of a cookie). Yesterday I bought first bag in several months. They tasted horrible, almost bitter. They never tasted that way before. I'll throw the rest of them away as I shouldn't be eating them anyway.

Some foods I just shouldn't eat. Chicken breast is often kinda dry. Chewing it and trying to swallow it is like swallowing sawdust. It will actually stick in my throat. Without a glass of water available that could result in choking. Now, the dark meat portions, legs and thighs are moist enough they chew and swallow normally.

I eat a bowl of cereal most mornings for brekfast; cheerios and raisin bran with extra raisins, peanuts and a banana. Last two weeks I have a horrible taste in mouth after eating; that wasn't there before. All I'm trying to say is recovery comes and goes, some days and weeks are better than others. I thought all this would be a linear process; everything would just get a little better every day until all symptoms gone. That just isn't the way it happens, at least not for me.

Still have sinus drying in the back of my throat, particularly after sleeping at night. Feels like someone coated the area with Elmer's glue and it dried. Using the sinus irrigator really helps break it up and allows me to hack and spit it out. Some mornings you can see what comes up, yellow-green, you all know what snot looks like. Other days, it's clear.

Weight remains pretty constant; I'm trying not to gain the weight back; love the new slender look.

take care
Tony