 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Eric,
I had the same Tx and everything is pretty close to normal now. My tastebuds started to return about a month after Tx and took about 6 months to completely recover. I had all kinds of problems with through, sores, ulcers, blisters for a time but they have all healed up since. The main problem now is that I bite myself a lot when eating - but it seems to come and go as well. I don't remember it being quite so severe pre Tx. The doctor tells me there is no relationship so who knows.
It takes a lot of patience at this stage. It will get better I promise.
You are doing very well to be eating anything solid at this point. I was on a liquid diet for almost a month post Tx.
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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