 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | William,
I am 4 months out and can pretty much taste food throughout the entire meal now. That has just recently changed as I could only taste the first chew or so before. My dry mouth has improved slightly which may be why my taste has changed some. I believe they go hand in hand in affecting what we refer to as "taste".
I never lost the taste of sweet but like everything else, not many things taste exactly like they did before. Chocolate is bitter now but that's about the worst taste experience I have. I was never a big sweets person (cause I'm sooo sweet) so that hasn't bothered me at all.
I had 4 beers at my wife's BD party Sunday. Boy, it was great to fire up the BQ grill and down some beers with our friends !! Anyway the alcohol didn't bother me taste wise. It didn't taste the same as I remember but like I do with water I found myself swirling the beer in my mouth everytime I took a drink. That wasn't a pleasant experience with the carbination in the beer. The alcohol did affect my dry mouth unpleasantly so it will be a while before I drink an alcoholic beverage again.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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