My partner finished his chemo/radiotherapy for tongue cancer 8 months ago. He still can't taste anything and has very little appetite
I'm looking for ideas to help stimulate his taste buds again if possible
Hi. Spice is good. You can add spice without heat with cumin for example. Does your partner have a dry mouth because lack of saliva can make food taste bland. I had a course of acupuncture to kick start mine. There are details in my blog at the bottom of this post
I see you e joined the head and neck cancer group. You could pop this post there and I’m sure there will be lots of suggestions
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Thank you for your advice, i'll put my post in the Head and Neck group, when I work out how to do it
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