Taste came back for me several months after treatment, saliva won't, I have to carry water everywhere. It's been a year since treatment and 9 months since surgery and I'm just now able to eat some foods however difficult as it may be. I still use PEG for liquid pain meds when needed and I still drink Ensure Plus for most of my nutrition.

Jim, our experience is very similar to each others...both lost 70lbs, memory loss and bad reaction to ambien, very interesting