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#48842 09-20-2007 12:54 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) |  "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 735 | I am 7 1/2 -8 months out and don't have all my tatse back. things def taste different or not as STRONG as they did. At 1st I couldnt do carbonated and Now when I drink soda it all seems as though it is Flat . I dunno part of mine could be the neuroma or the Trimengenial Neuralgia that I have as I have regained (some) and then LOST(more) sensation. Who knows ..I guess as some else has said ... The "NEW NORMAL"
Shar
Sharlee
35 year old Female Non smoker, very occasional alcohol ..Scc T1N0M0,partial glossectomy and left neck disection ,2/9/07 No rad deemed ness. 4/16 tonsillectomy ..Trimengenial Neuralga due to surgery
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#48843 09-28-2007 04:43 AM | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 82 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 82 | Mine came back about 8 weeks post treatment enough where I could eat real food again and have the PEG removed. I would say 6 months post RAD everything tasted about normal. I still can't do anything spicy, or with a lot of vinegar, and I have to drink my red wine after I eat or before, but not with food.
DX on 05/01/06 with SCC of right tongue. 05/11/06 surgery-tumor 1.2cm & 4 cm clear margins & parital glos. & neck dissection with removal of 34 nodes/1 positive at 4mm)T1N1MO
35 IGRT & 3 cycles of chemo (1 cisplatin & 2 carbo-complete on 8/9/06.
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