 Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 | Rhonda,
Like others have said, the taste may take a while to come back. For us after 8 months following the end of chemoradiation the test buds have not come back yet. Spicy foods are just impossible at this stage. Plus radiation damaged the esophagus and thus not able to eat by mouth for eight months and had to use a stomach feeding tube. Needed 2 dilations of the esophagus to just nibble on food.
CG to wife;
Jan 2005 DX SCC Tongue T2N1MO; RND surgery Mar 2005; 35 XRT and 4 cisplatin completed Jul 2005.
Dec 2006 tongue surgery, Scar tissue no cancer.
Feb 2010 neck node FNA - negative.
2010 ORN right jaw plus fracture
2015 ORN left jaw plus fracture
Feb 2016 Lower jaw reconstruction by Fibula free flap+titanium plate - Permanent G-tube
June 2016 Difficulty breathing - Permanent Trachea tube
Dec 2019 DX Cervical cancer - Stage 1 - Surgery Jan 16 2020.
15-20 esophagus/larynx dilations
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