 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Actually it has been discussed a lot - I got 20 hits just in this topic alone using the search engine. Not having any sense or distorted taste is one of the more miserable aspects of treatment.
I had IMRT and my taste buds started recovering about 2 months post Tx with a reasonably full recovery in about a year. Salty flavors came first with sweets last. I think that my taste buds are 100% now at almost 4 years post tx. I can eat anything now, including spicey hot.
Salivary function return was a gradual thing and took 1 1/2 years.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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