I can eat but this off-taste in my mouth (bitter and metallic) is making my favorite foods taste awful. That and the lingering nausea are making eating a challenge. I just went to Whole Foods Market and bought a bunch of different things to nibble on, I'm hoping something will appeal to me.

Last edited by margaret_in_ma; 07-03-2008 05:29 PM.

Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018