Bill, you are very right you can make it.I quit eating at about week 4, at week 5 I was only drinking my meals. I'm like you I cannot wait to eat a meal that I can taste. It's funny to find myself fantasizing about a good meal. My taste buds have been gone for about 2 1/2 months because of surgeries ect. I'm 3 weeks post tx so I'm getting anxious just to get a little taste back. I know just this week my water tastes very salty. The weird thing is that the colder it is the saltier it tastes.

Just to let you know, not to discourage you, my treatment was pretty smooth up to the last week. That is when the mucositis flared up. i started taking pain medicine on the Sunday before my last week of treatments. It has gotten worse but is still bearable. I drink my meals and about a 1/2 a case bottled water (20oz) a day. I just wanted to let you know it could get a little tougher but that is not a guarantee. Just the experience that I'm having. I wish you lots of luck and will continue to pray for you and your family.