Hi all,

So I'm 6 weeks out from the end of Rads, my taste is coming back nicely. Expect for 'artificially flavoured' foods - they taste like the chemicals that they are! I've pretty much stopped losing weight and can manage the protein shakes without too much burning of my throat.

My question though is this - when I try to eat 'regular' food - (other than super soft foods like yogurt and poached eggs) - it feels like I am swallowing gravel. I'm not talking about hard foods, but rather stuff like a baked potato, or pasta. If I wash it down with water, then it usually goes down fine although it grosses me out (I have a weird texture thing, can't stand mushed up texture of foods). Is that the way people with dry mouth have to eat? Or is this just a stage as my throat continues to heal up?

I still have a few little sores on my mouth and tongue - they are going away and generally not too much trouble, and I am faithfully using my waterpik and rinses. The dry mouth is not too bad, if I want to do something where I can't sip water (ie. ride my horse!), then I find the biotene spray gives me about an hour and a bit of comfort. My saliva is still quite thick and I still have some mucus in the morning as well.

All in all, I am definitely coming out of the tunnel and feel WAY better than I did a month ago. But I am wondering about others experiences with dry mouth, eating and painful swallowing (food).