Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Aug 2019 Posts: 57 | I am also 6 months from final radiation treatments. Eating is far from normal due to : taste buds - all foods taste kind of bland; dry mouth makes many foods hard to swallow without water; throat muscles for swallowing still recovering; and due to continuing trismus (jaw pain) opening mouth wide and chewing are uncomfortable. Eating is still “a job”, not the normal pleasure I took for granted. Good luck in your journey.
Preliminary diagnosis of SqCC at base of tongue August 2, 2019. Biopsy surgery on August 15 Confirmed sqcc from biopsy Aug 20 - hpv type 16 33 radiation treatments ended October 25, 2019. 3 (large dose) cisplatin treatments.
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