I forgot to mention, the rule of thumb is 1 month of recovery for every week of radiation. I am almost 17 months post Tx and still not 100% (but closing in). Taste buds are normal and people can once again sit across from me without me blowing chunks all over them ;-)

Did you phase out the drugs with a plan from the doc or did you go cold turkey?

My sense of taste started to return in 2 months. Salt was first, sweets were last. About three months most foods tasted fairly normal. I had IMRT.


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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