Hi I've been on & off this forum over the last couple of years & always found it really helpful.
I have an awful taste in my mouth, like sour milk.
My surgeon says its not my mouth, & when I Google it, it suggests acid reflux. I don't have reflux unless it's symptomless.
I finished 6 weeks of RT & 2 doses chemo in Nov 2018 (T3N2bM0). I've had this taste on & off for some months but it's getting worse. I have regular CT scans as on follow up from a drug trial, & am not concerned its cancer but does anyone else have this?
Thanks
Cathy
Yes. Me. Reflux is right. I went for a private Gastroscopy and I have a tiny sliding hernia but I think that’s a red herring. Lots of people getting RT to the mouth and throat end up with reflux.
Mine flares up now and then.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Mouth tasted sour till I did something about it. Watch my diet. Take aloe vera juice and melatonin at night which is oesophageal/ gastric mucosa protective.
With a bad flare I got really nasty heartburn.
Get a pH of your saliva. If it’s acid all the time it might be silent reflux.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
The other thing to consider is burning mouth or tongue. That's quite a common side effect of RT too. That can give the impression of an acid taste in your mouth.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
