this is how taste starts coming back so you're not dreaming and keep experimenting . Jack got salty back about 6 weeks post treatment and about a month later sweets returned. He had the pizza pretty early on, but fries are a problem due to dry mouth. The burgers are moist so that's a good choice. He also tasted Dinty Moore Beef stew early on, cream cheese and omlets.

He's now able to taste everything and tells me he's appreciating it so much more. Today he went to Taco Bell and thought it was great. Don't give up the carnation it's a great way to get calories in. Jack puts chocolate syrup in his nutren and drinks it for the same reason.

Onward and upward,
Regards JoAnne


JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.