Hi Eric,

I had Cisplatin and 37 rad treatments to neck area too. I finished treatments in November 2003. I didn't start drinking / eating foods for quite some time after treatments but in the beginning most everything had a metallic taste. I still have taste issues since the few taste buds I have left after surgery were pretty well fried but I can taste sweet (strawberry flavor) and salt flavored things the best. Chocolate doesn't have much, if any, taste although my nose tells me it should otherwise! The white patch on the inside of your lip could very well be a canker sore and my experience in the past with them is that things containing acid (tomato sauce / citrus juice) would burn. Although I haven't tried too many "spicy" foods, I do have a sensitivity issue with hot and cold temperatures in my mouth. Congrats on finishing your treatments! Give it time for your taste to come back to where it was.

Nancy