The interior of my mouth was full of open radiation sores / mucocitis for months. Eating anything hurt like hell. I was losing weight all the time and I couldn't put the brakes on it. It just took that long for the tissues in my mouth and throat to get to a point where I could tolerate eating things. Every little spice, or salt, or warm or cold etc. was painful. It was that long for me to heal well enough to be free of it. Besides everything tasted the same...like nothing. Today, five years out I had spicy salsa on some huevos rancheros for breakfast at a restaurant with a friend. I never thought I would be doing that again....