I am a 66 year old man who finished radiation in May 2007 for stage IV tonsil cancer. All the PETs and CTs since are negative. That's the good news. The bad news is that, owing to the 3 8-hour sessions of Chemotherapy and the 35 sessions of radiation, I have not had a meal since May 2007, and must take all my nutrition through a PEG tube. I can drink a bit, and do, but must take quite small bites of anything as the esophagus remains contracted despite about 10 endoscopies to dilate it. But even if I could eat, I have no sense of taste, and my salivary glands are virtually nonexistant.
Anyone been here before, and regained his or her sense of taste or salivary glands? I am not thrilled with the thought of never eating again.