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@harleytiger
At two weeks I finally was able to taste chicken soup, and primarily the salt. In a month or two things should be improving a lot taste wise.
I know this whole cancer battle has just wrecked your year, your plans, your life for now. Give it time. Measure improvement week to week rather than day to day. Next year should be a whole lot better although likely you won't be 100% by then and maybe never will be again. We call that a new normal and we get used to it. You have cheated death and in the long run you will be stronger for it.
We all heal from this differently and at different rates, but we heal. You will heal. In the meantime we are here to help you along.

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@hrhwilliam Thank you William, I appreciate the sharing of your experience. It helps a lot.

@hrhwilliam At what point did the radiation effects get bad? My husband is facing 6 weeks of radiation and possibly 3 chemo sessions. Very scary.