Barry Toronto,

Your taste should start coming back several weeks to even months after treatment. Once you do, it’s a little at a time, and you may appreciate the flavors of food more than ever before! I watched food channels, read magazines and salivated from the food they were eating! Saliva helps taste! Slowly I started experimenting with the food I was seeing. Starting with soft foods like farina or eggs that didn’t scratch my throat. Slowly I added more and more! I can eat just about anything now, but the only thing holding me back is having no teeth at the time being, but even still I manage to eat pizza!

Good luck with everything!


10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs