I was told I could loose my sense of taste but I was lucky and it didn't change one little bit but I am still having problems eating spicy foods and fizzy type drinks. It's not that I can't eat or drink them but if I do I know about it for maybe a week or so afterwards, they make my throat feel so strange and so that then in turn makes me worry that the cancer has returned. On my last check up I asked one of the cancer nurses whether eating and drinking that sort of thing could do any sort of damage or cause the cancer to come back. She said that it wouldn't do any harm at all just be uncomfortable for me and my throat reacts that way because it's still healing from the radiotherapy and it could take many months before it's completely healed. Sorry if this has drifted off the original topic... uksweetheart