Eric,

I noticed everything first tasted like salt then cardboard. A year later everything tastes about like it used to but chocolate is a bit odd. I sitll eat it, hoping it will taste like before but to no avail.

I eat spicy food again and only have trouble with vinegar or highly acid things, fruit and salad dressing.

My nurse told me she heard putting lime on meat and metallic tasting things would help and it did. I read something about someone eating very spicy Indian curry and the host told them to put lime on it to neutralize the spiciness and they were able to eat it. It was on some forum posted by an oral cancer survivor going on some trip for a wedding anniversary. Sorry I can't remember exactly.

I am glad you have passed yet another milestone!

I am sure you enjoyed the QB battle last night. Hard to believe Manning and Brady were playing like that in the first game of the season.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023