Connect
← Return to Strange taste - change in taste
Discussion
Strange taste - change in taste
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Feb 22 3:26pm | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
My goodness you really went through an ordeal. Glad you’re better. I appreciate you sharing. 🧸
How did you know you had facial cancer?
I have been doing scent retraining and think it’s helped a little. I guess they will reassess my smell at next ENT visit. I am wary of those scent cards. I don’t see how they could be very accurate, but we’ll see.
I like the idea of taste restraining. I’m open to anything. I haven’t heard of that. To me, my food doesn’t taste bitter or metallic, it’s that my mouth taste that way constantly. I know some foods have little taste to me, but others seem to taste it fine. So…idk. It’s frustrating.
I have lost 66 pounds, but on purpose for fitness reasons. I must say it’s been easier to turn food down.
Replies to "My goodness you really went through an ordeal. Glad you’re better. I appreciate you sharing. 🧸..."
Connect
Have you tried anything like Biotene for dry mouth? The lozenges and gel and stick-on disks have a mild mintiness that might help to cover some of the bitterness when not eating, as well as stimulating saliva production. I have to use these nightly for dry mouth. I had a pain in my ear that became unrelenting for 5 months and saw my PCP, 3 different ENTs, and finally a request for referral to U of Michigan ENT where I got a diagnosis of SCC in external ear canal deep by the eardrum. A very rare location, and when UM could not fit me into their surgery schedule for over 7 weeks, I inquired at Mayo Rochester and had surgery less than 2 weeks later. There is nothing comparable to the quality of Mayo Clinic in my experience.