Twelve month report - Wow, it's been a year since treatment ended. Where has the time gone.

Food taste and dry sinuses are about the only remaining symptoms of ever having cancer. I can taste all foods some, but some of them (like chicken) still taste blah to bad. Fruits, sweets (even chocolate), vegetables, beer all taste pretty good.

Dry sinuses still persist but have improved over last six months. Now that we are in winter I realize the dry air makes the dry sinuses worse. But, sinus irrigation with a mild solution of saline and baking soda work wonders.

The weight has stayed off, so I love the new, slimmer look. To make that happen I don't eat lunch most days.

Life is back to being good.

Tony




Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good