Patience! At 1 month his radiation side effects are just now starting to subside. It can take 18 months or more for salivary function to return (if he had IMRT). The taste buds should start working again slowly as well. The food thing was one of the worst parts for me.

Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)