My ENT mentioned that I might permanently lose some tasting, esp relatively dry foods like a steak -- The problem is that without enuf saliva to move the taste and smell particles around and receive/assess them, things will be relatively flat, which makes a lot of sense to me.

Based on the above, plus the apparent link to alcohol and SCC, I have decided to trash my plan to become a professional winetaster wink

Pete


Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.