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Will I be able to eat again after radiation to my neck and head?
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I am sorry to hear that you cannot eat normal food. I had 35 treatments as well to my neck to concentrate on the cancer at the base of my tongue. I was on a feeding tube for 2 months before it was removed. Is there still a metal taste to the food?
My taste buds were permanently altered, but not to the point I could not eat. Cold or Hot food or both?
What can you eat or drink?
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@krisohlson I can not eat . Everything tastes awful and the nausea doesn’t help .
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@krisohlson I am still on a feeding tube. I try to eat some things although there is no taste but I keep trying. I can drink water, ice tea and sometimes a soda. When you say your taste buds were permanently altered do you not taste anything?