You will probably bite your tongue a few times before your mouth learns how to chew correctly again. Speech-language pathologists can help with that. You might not know that you “forget” how to chew and swallow food while you are on the feeding tube. Most other foods were back to tasting normal within a month after radiation treatments ended, I think. (For some reason Dr Pepper doesn’t cause the same problem.) I was eventually able to drink orange juice again. It leaves behind a nasty film that gums up my teeth and tongue. Coke has lost that wonderful refreshing taste and it just doesn’t work well in a mouth that lacks saliva. I was drinking a lot of Coca-Cola in the hospital and another patient told me that I would never want to drink Coke again. I remember when I was being irradiated in 1976. It's a tough battle but a win-able battle. But we can listen to you, talk with you, and pray for you. For me those thoughts went away after about fifteen years.Īs I have told others, we cannot hold you we cannot carry you. Every little new issue will give you pause to think the cancer has returned when in fact you could just have a cold sore or common cold. You most likely will never be the same when it comes to taste, eating, and saliva, as well as perhaps swallowing. For example, tangy or spicy foods are no longer in my diet while desire for sweets has also diminished, which is probably a good thing.Īll of this recovery will take weeks, months, and even years in some cases. In my experience (which is about all we can relate), some taste has never been the same whilst others have changed for the better I believe. But the first time I could actually taste chicken soup, my wife saw me with tears rolling down my cheeks. I sure don't miss those days when most things tasted of metal or just plain yuck. Your taste may take weeks if not months to get back to some sort of normal.
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