Just got back from my six month ENT checkup (PETSCAN results still not in - drat!) where I raised the issue of my lack of taste despite getting saliva back and much improved dry mouth. She repeated what I have read on the board: the range of recovery is six months to a year and half, so be patient. However she added a zinger: in her experience, patients who got my 7200 rad dose were NEVER able to eat SPICY food again. I was a real fire-eater, and I often read comments here about "I can eat anything now" . So cheer me up and tell me how you can now eat really spicy food like hot Thai or poblano/haberno peppers Mexican dishes.. Right now, even ketchup burns Or is it true? no more fire eating? (I will ask my chemo oconolgist tomorrow to see if he has a different take or if this is just part of the "new normal".

tom