Thanks for the support i am on morphine patches for the pain and swill my mouth out with cordesol mouth wash several times a day to try to get rid of the bad taste tryed to eat some mushroom soup today and it tasted disgusting and after 5 or 6 swallows my throat got very sore i had to stop i suppose its normal that nothing tastes like you remember , i will keep trying thanks for the support , cheers Allan


age 52 heavy drinker and heavy smoker stage 111 squamous cell at base of tongue trying to give them all up ,8 lot of cetuximab and 35 lots of radiation , gave up smoking at the start of treatment. only drink now in moderation