 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Do you by any chance have thrush? When EVERYTHING including water burned my mouth, I had thrush. Changing brands of water helped as did the thrush meds.
Of course anything with any heat(spicy) in it will burn. I'm eleven years out and still cannot not tolerate anything spicy but I then I never could tolerate much heat. I laugh when I hear some of the spicy things others like Brian can eat.
As for the taste thing, Zinc is supposoed to help improve taste.
I took 220 mg Zinc Sulphate from about 6 weeks after rads until last year when I stopped all supplements and xtra vitamins due to a diarrhea problem. I'm pretty certain the zinc worked for me because most of my taste returned within a few months after the radiation. The rest took a few years. 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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