 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Linda,
See AMYCOLES thread 'My husband wants to eat' in this same section. Everything tastes like cardboard for at a least a couple weeks after radiation. Use plastic utensils if he is getting a metallic taste. Keep trying. The important thing is he keep swallowing something to keep the muscles moving and the function working, be it liquid or food. This is a 'use it or lose it' problem. He should keep trying because things change from day to day, week to week. Don't let him give up, he will get there.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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