How are you going, Laurie? I didn't have chemo which will explain somewhat milder side effects. I had Cisplatin and Taxol nearly 20 years ago, however, and can't remember my taste buds going. I put on a lot of weight because of the steroids I was given and had a massive appetite. But alas the radiation has knocked by sense of taste for a 6 (cricket metaphor) Some taste for sweetness has remained and I don't know if I can read too much into it but I have started putting tinned fruit in my shakes and can taste it. Tried some passionfruit yoghurt and think I tasted the first spoonful. After that it was vile

As Bart and Cheryl say, it will be GREAT to taste fruit and veges again. After surgery I was in love with mango lassis and pumpkin soup.

All the best for this week.

My taste and saliva, which I think go hand n hand, didn't start to return until my 4th month post Tx. It was a small improvement but at that point it signaled the beginning. I saw a tad more improvement in my 5th month, then nothing more until my 14th month when I saw the biggest change and then a tad more at 24 months. I estimate I'm 90% of pre Tx taste a nd saliva but that's really impossibl;e to pin down because as soon as you loose your taste but forget what 100% was like.