My husband, Tom, is struggling in this area, too. Though it's just been 2.5 weeks since the end of his radiation treatments, his throat is feeling better and he wants to test his taste. I am worried about him trying too soon and getting discouraged, but he has tried orange sherbert and ice cream (those were the last things he could taste) and both taste yucky. In the spirit of "getting back on the horse that bucked ya," he wants to keep trying. I got surprisingly little info from a Google search on "reintroducing solid food." I've read a few (like Carol) refer to their speech therapists gave them advice on what foods to try first. Can anyone give me some advice on what those first-step foods/liquids should be, when the time comes? Thanks!

I just remembered one tip he got when things were tasting metallic from chemo was to eat with plastic utensils and that really did help.


Joyce