007,

I have been there and done that 10 months ago but you are just an infant in the recovery stage. You will continue to see small but steady improvements on all fronts including your saliva. JUST GIVE YOUR BODY TIME to repair the damage done. I have a restaurant patron that had the predesessor radiation Tx just like Brian which was much more devastating to more good issues. He is 11 years post Tx and he still carries a bottle of water on a strap over his shoulder with him wherever he goes. Even with that he eats whatever he wants, says his taste is great and sings in his choir. I remember seeing him eat things I couldn't dream of eating 10 months ago wondering if I would ever be as good as he was. NOW, 10 months later, I'm far better than he is in the dry mouth department.

I am 16 months post Tx and I still see slight improvements to my dry mouth which IS NO WHERE AS BAD AS IT WAS 10 MONTHS AGO.

All our bodies heal differently because none of us receive the same amount of rad to the same exact areas so your body will heal as your body will heal. Don't look to 18 months as some magic date beyond which you won't improve. My RO says he has patients seeing improvements well past that.

I know it's difficult to feel differently when you desperately want things to be as they were but you must give your body the time ti repair as much as it can.