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

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Discussion: Seeking advice for eating challenges

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 26 12:56pm

Thank you for your encouraging comments. I will listen to your thoughts and ideas. Kudos to...

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Discussion: 9 days after end of treatment, mouth and throat questions

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: 4 days ago

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

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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...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 4 2:20am

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 6, 2023

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

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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...

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

Support Group: Esophageal Cancer

Posted: Jun 28 8:25pm

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

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Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 24, 2023

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

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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,...

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Discussion: Strange taste - change in taste

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 22 3:26pm

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 3, 2023

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 18 12:58pm

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

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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...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 2 7:17pm

I have just finished radiation for pharyngeal cancer and have no voice or taste. Every time...

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 27 12:41pm

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

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 2 6:03pm

Hi, Question my boyfriend had Squamous cell cancer on his tongue. He had radiation and chemo...

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Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 23, 2023

I have used Biotene mouth moisturizer and it does interrupt the bad taste for about a...

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Discussion: Strange taste - change in taste

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 20 8:04am

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

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Discussion: Phantom Smell

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Oct 20, 2018

@bjh369- This can often happen with certain chemos. You taste will return to normal in the...

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Discussion: Facing Cancer Recurrence, PTSD & Acknowledging Mental Health

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Jan 12, 2019

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