I have had success with zinc for limiting duration of the common cold (you must start immediately when symptoms show, and continue dosing until symptoms improve). It would turn a ten day cold into a 4 day one.

I may fall short of scientific proof here, but that little flash of flavor was a godsend in that moment. It's one thing to be fairly confident taste will return. It was quite another to experience it, even if only for a second.


Head and neck cancer,
Squamous cell carcinoma,
HPV p16, Stage 3N (6/14) Occult origin;
58 year old male 35 rads & 2.5 doses Cisplatin chemo 7/10/14> 8/25/14
1.5 years clear of cancer, at this point.

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