 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Bill,
I too was put on Zinc to heal taste faster and I think it worked. I could taste most things a few months after rads ended. Had to drink tons of liquids to get food down and cut everything into tiny pieces, but could eat as long as it was not hot spicy or acid. Give it a try.
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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