Elena - The type and amount of radiation treatment seems to be pretty related to how much you recover and how quickly. I had radiation burns in my mouth for many months after tx ended. Now over two years after treatment I still have very, very little senses of taste or smell - but I had a ton of radiation.

From my reading here and elsewhere, it would seem that we head/neck cancer folks do forfeit some of the pleasures of food and eating - some more some less. But as the healing advances, the senses do restore themselves. Its just really really slow for many. I still hope to recover more sense of smell as the years pass. Be strong. Hit hard. Tom