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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

Probably will not return. Radiation scars, or smells and taste buds right off the bat for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1289563/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 25 10:17am

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

@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

I had 30 rounds of radiation and finished July 2023. It was a struggle to eat...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1349350/

Discussion: Do I Dare Ask?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 16 8:12am

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

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1019062/

Discussion: Strange taste - change in taste

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 20, 2024

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/969617/

Discussion: Sore on tongue from treatments: What helps?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Nov 23, 2023

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/232814/

Discussion: Facing Cancer Recurrence, PTSD & Acknowledging Mental Health

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Jan 12, 2019

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 used a naturopathic doctor in conjunction with my medical team and she recommended zinc supplements....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/925613/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Sep 7, 2023

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

It will take many months and up to a year or so for the salvia glands...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1377147/

Discussion: Head and neck cancer: Saliva production still low after treatment

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 23 7:08am

I am about 2 years post radiation. I would say at 9 months out I could...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1331756/

Discussion: I am now post 8 months from my radiation treatment for throat cancer.

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 21 8:27am

@vickie1320 This is probably not what you want to hear, but here goes. It's been 3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1070361/

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

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 18, 2024

No surgery. He underwent 35 rounds of radiation. Because of his age, cisplatin (chemo) was not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/788432/

Discussion: Tongue Cancer: What are my treatment options?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 24, 2022

Been year and a half since I’ve been done also lots of ups and downs like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1017309/

Discussion: Getting frustrated with throat pain post radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Feb 17, 2024

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

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