Hi Rainey,

Have you not gotten any of your taste back? I had radiation to my mouth from late August to late October. I was wondering when mine would come back. I think it came back gradually. I think I can say now that most everything tastes normal again. There might be some things that don't taste just right yet. Sometimes things taste blah even though I've gotten most of my taste back. I know it is disheartening to have to go day after day and not be able to enjoy food. My doctors said it would return in about 8 weeks. Well, it was much longer than that. I knew, too, there was a possibility that it may never be the same, if at all. I hope and trust that your taste buds will eventually recover.

Cathy


SCC4/04 1/2 glossectomy,graft & cervical lymphadenectomy;SSC1/05 ex mal mandibular #30, 31, rad rsct & allograft;7/05 cervical lymphadenectomy-l node involved-layer closure 7.6cm to 12.5cm, 34 radiation tx;SCC12/06 ex mal mand #28,29-rad rsct & graft