The good news is that taste for the most part is one thing that does come back after treatment, though I find mine slightly different than I remember things. But the cardboard period is a drag no matter how you slice it. The trick is that in spite of the lack of taste, and for most people at this stage the lack of desire to eat, that patients keep up their nutrition and weight until they get through this.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.