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Are there ways to help me swallow better?

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Jun 24 1:16pm | Replies (31)

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@stiffneck

I can’t taste anything. So my brain doesn’t know what it is and says don’t swallow. I enjoy no food. Every meal is a challenge. I dread eating. What food can a radiation patient like me enjoy? It’s been 4 years of pure hell. I need advice

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Four months is common with eating issues but four years is torture. I would be seeking out help for that from clinic to clinic until I found something satisfactory other than the standard permanent feeding tube recommendations, easy for them but not for you.
In the meantime I can only suggest keeping a list of what can be swallowed easily and stick to those foods. Not having taste makes food boring but I am wondering if you also lack the sense of smell and or loss of touch in the mouth or back of tongue?