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You have a lot of good advice here already. I am 13 years post radiation and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1260126/

Discussion: Throat Pain Help

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 17 8:45am

@kth, you've gotten some helpful and encouraging tips from fellow members. You might also wish to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1075134/

Discussion: Seeking advice for eating challenges

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 26, 2024

The toughest adjustment for me with no saliva glands has been swallowing food . As my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/91319/

Discussion: Mouth sores, no taste and no saliva and other side effects

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 2016

I find that certain foods now put me off like eggs, bread and the taste is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/991089/

Discussion: How to help a cancer patient undergoing treatment with nutrition?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 4, 2024

I also had SCC at the base of my tongue, and was treated with chemo and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/975831/

Discussion: Meet others living with Head & Neck Cancer: Introduce yourself

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 6, 2023

I would say it took me about 3-4 months after radiation before my taste and smell...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1259226/

Discussion: When will my sense of taste and smell return?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 16 8:39am

@robholdenried, My 7 weeks of radiation was aimed at an area just below my ear due...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/907678/

Discussion: How long before my taste buds recover after H&N treatments?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 4, 2023

We use Nutrin 1.5. It has no taste or smell and right now Medicare covers it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1095978/

Discussion: Feeding tube patients: What's your experience?

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 28, 2024

Thank you for relating your swallowing experience. Much appreciated. Do your comments regarding pain when swallowing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1213256/

Discussion: Swallowing hard 7 wks after radiation: Will it get better?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 15 8:33am

No need to describe your taste issue. Blood, licking an iron pipe, eating steel, tingling and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/969707/

Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 24, 2023

So far, my husband’s favorite is Biotene Dry Mouth Oral Rinse. He uses it sporadically during...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1213200/

Discussion: New HPV-16 back of tongue cancer diagnosis and treatment to date

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 15 8:26am

Your taste may take weeks if not months to get back to some sort of normal....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/754840/

Discussion: How long before my taste buds recover after H&N treatments?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 28, 2022

I didn’t have radiation, but will still explore Hyperbaric treatments. I’ll see if I qualify. Man,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1020650/

Discussion: Strange taste - change in taste

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 22, 2024

Take notes. Be there. Don't get discouraged. Know that foods will taste different and may taste...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1035881/

Discussion: Just Diagnosed with Tonsil Cancer - How to Treat?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 18, 2024

I lost 30lb but was 10 lbs overweight to start so trying to gain 10-15 back....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/853677/

Discussion: How to gain weight after H&N Cancer treatment ends?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 3, 2023

@calenbd, I suspect the answer as to how long before your taste buds recover after chemo...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/754561/

Discussion: How long before my taste buds recover after H&N treatments?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 27, 2022

Hey Thankyou so very much this gives me hope ! I’m quite scared Did you loose...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1026315/

Discussion: Stage 1 Tongue cancer: What are the chances of recurrence?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 2, 2024

I would say it took about 4-5?months after radiation before my eating and drinking was nearly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1079724/

Discussion: Post Treatment Questions: low RBC and dealing with throat pain

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 2, 2024

Thank you for this post jonesja. Appreciate the information as well as the encouragement you provide....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1211651/

Discussion: Diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the epiglottis: Anyone?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 14 8:40pm

I had H&N radiation and chemo that ended in 2012. During and for the first year...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/221063/

Discussion: Phantom Smell

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 20, 2018