I have not tasted anything like cardboard or metal but like Joanna, sweet was the first taste to go and until now, it has not yet returned. Food like dessert, chocolate don't taste as I remember but not unpleasant, either. It is just that when people say it is very sweet, I can just imagine the taste.Other taste buds have mostly returned and I still enjoy eating food unless it is too dry or hard for me.

Karen stage 4 tonsil cancer diagnosed in 9/01.