The taste of things for me was one things that did resolve itself, the saliva has yet to return and this has been the most frustrating for me. Things for me also tasted terrible for the first while but over time and getting used to foods again they did get better. I was also stuck with a peg and the tube feedings and actually kept my peg for some time post TX until some of the taste swallowing issues subsided.
Keep at it and it will get better, rough go though.
Erik

Type and stage of cancer:1st - SCC left base of oral tongue non HPV, T3N1M0 hemi-glossectomy 60 node rem, radX35 carboplatnum &Erbitux X6, Peg tube, lost 55 lbs
2nd - SCC right base oral tongue, surgery, Cisplatin & Erbitux x 16
3rd - SCC right base oral tongue, surgery, hope.