Surgery completed on Thursday at last, Removed a small tumour too waiting for results! Fairly long incision, goodcscarvI hope! Very stiff neck, very uncomfortable strange feeling throat. After Chemoradiation though this is nothing! I now have to learn to eat food again! I'm not really sure how or where to start. Its sounds crazy but having not eaten food for over a year, I'm not really interested in food! Can't believe I'm saying that, foody that I was. Has anybody got any suggestions beside the more obvious. My stomach has only known liquids for so long. I can't believe I'm finding the prospect scary! My target is Xmas dinner!!!!!
Has anybody else had this procedure following throat cancer? Do taste buds and salivary glands return???? Desperate to taste something!!!! I recognise sweet but couldn't tell you what is was???? I'm sure somebody has some suggestions.
Hi. Thanks for the update. Hope you recover well
I can see where you’re coming from regarding food but like you say, you have to start somewhere. Your throat needs something to grip so thick soups and porridge might be a start. Tinned rice pudding, tinned macaroni cheese, tinned peaches, bananas, poached eggs. Those might go down ok
Maybe once you start eating your taste buds will kick in. I used to blow air from my mouth up the back of my nose when I was chewing. The smell enhanced the taste of the food
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
I wrote a blog about my cancer. just click on the link below
https://todaymycoffeetasteslikechristmasincostarica.com
