Hi Kimmy, To add to Brian's input, I finished chemo and radiation a month ago and taste is coming back slowly (it's hard to tell if it is coming back sometimes). The doctors are not sure if I even will be able to taste given how much of my tongue was removed, but I swear it is coming back little by little! I asked at my appointment today, and my radiation oncologist said taste is the slowest to return, possibly 2 - 4 months after radiation ended. Good luck on the rest of your treatments and journey.

SCC on left side of tongue. Hemiglossectomy, leaving base of tongue intact but front half removed, free flap rebuild, neck dissection followed by chemo and radiation.