 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Ray,
I honestly don't know how you can have salivary function back so soon. It typically takes about 18 months post RT for it to fully return.
My taste buds took over a year for full recovery but I was able to taste many things about 6-8 weeks post Tx,
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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