Hi Bethers,

I am about 18 months post treatment. My taste is basically to normal. However, many things that aren't spicy taste too hot for me. For example, last week I found crab soup and a balsalmic dressing too spicy! I can now handle carbonation (limited amounts of beer and diet soda) with ease but had to stop drinking wine (metallic taste).

I would say that my ability to handle acidic foods or carbonation was very up-in-the-air for the first 9 months post treatment. What I could handle or crave would change even week to week.

Most everything is normal at this point. Occasionally, I am surprised (like the crab soup and dressing) but most things are predictable. However, I do find myself subconsciously avoiding foods that require more chewing (grilled meats) but that seems natural with limited saliva.

Good luck with the biopsy! Hoping for good results!

thank you. Ya i find myself staying away from any meat that isn't ground. And it's sad cuz i used to love boneless skinless chicken and it always tastes dry now no matter how i cook it, and i used to love poached turkey breast, and i haven't tried that yet, but will for thanksgiving, so hopefully that wont be so bad.

My preliminary results from todays biopsies came back negative. they biopsied my tongue by my reconstruction seam, my lower jaw right below my bottom front teeth, left and right soft pallet and anterior floor of mouth. They also said that 90-95% of the final results match up with preliminary results. So I am happy and consider myself to be ok for now.

thank you for all the support and help.

White meat chicken is the hardest thing for me to eat even now unless it's smothered with thick, juicy, fattening gravy! Dark meat is better and so is a well marbled steak like a delmonico.

Try chicken wings in a wine sauce. They are pretty moist. I can't eat white meat chicken breast at all and don't like dark, so it's wings for me. They are also good fried. Turkey breast works with lots of gravy. A nice rare steak or lamb chops too. I can't eat ground meat at all unless in something like stuffed pepper. Hamburger just gets lost in the gutters of my mouth.

Take care,
Eileen

I lump legs & wings in my "dark meat" category.

The "trick" is, the more fat content the meat has, the easier for most of us to eat.

I told my GP that if that messed with my cholesterol then they would have to adjust my meds because I was going to eat . In actuality, my LDL and triglycerides have dropped post treatment, almost to the point I may get to come off of the cholesterol meds.

I am 18 mos post treatment and I still can't stand the sight of a piece of chicken..........it even looks dry. I can eat almost everything as long as it is accompanied with water or covered with a sauce. And my husband and I subscribe the the "Jack Sprat" method of eating steak - he eats the steak and I eat the fat. I will attempt to eat steak at home but never eat it in a restaurant as I am always afraid of choking on it. I am finally enjoying food again, but have never gotten my sweet taste bud back.