Hi Sheldon. You're going to find yourself on an up and down ride for a while. I'm eight months post treatment and I still battle fatigue from time to time. Hopefully your sense of taste will start returning soon. Although, it's a slow process. I remember when I was about 6 weeks post tx and I caught my first hint of a suggestion of a taste. I would rate my sense of taste at about 80% at this point -- which is wonderful compared to zero. You hit the nail on the head: "...some weeks post-radiation simply suck." But it will get better. Hang in there...
-Brett
Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003. Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.
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