 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hi Ronald,
I had "regular" radiation to take care of any clean up needed for a stage lV tumor in my jaw. I am 19 months out from the end of radiation treatment and my saliva output is at least half, if not more, then what I had before. My tastebuds are fine, I taste my food just fine. Some foods seem to have a different texture then I remember but that is my normal now so I don't notice it any longer.
Knowing what I know now, I would still opt for radiation without even pausing. I believe it's part of why I'm still here today.
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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