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Living with cancer No taste or smell after radio chemotherapy.

No taste or smell after radio chemotherapy.

Offline Medwin over 4 years ago

Hello everyone.

I had my cancer op in September 2021. I had 5 tumours removed. 1 from my tongue, 3 from the lymph nodes in my neck and one from a vein in my neck.

Following the op I underwent 30 sessions of radiotherapy and 2 sessions of chemotherapy.

My treatment finished on the 10th of December. I am a bit disappointed that 6 months later I still have no taste or smell.

I was wondering if anyone has gone through a similar op and treatment and could advise on when I should hope to get these 2 senses back.

Thank you for reading this.

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Offline amelia98 over 4 years ago

Hi sorry to hear what you've been through. I've had taste and smell problems in the past but they were due to covid so not as serious as yours.
Smell training (I used AbScent products) have helped a lot for me and it got back to normal in a few months. They are a smell and taste charity and profits go towards research which is great. I don't know if it would work for you or if it would take longer but I guess it's worth a try.
Best wishes xx
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Offline amelia98 over 4 years ago

Hi sorry to hear what you've been through. I've had taste and smell problems in the past but they were due to covid so not as serious as yours.
Smell training (I used AbScent products) have helped a lot for me and it got back to normal in a few months. They are a smell and taste charity and profits go towards research which is great. I don't know if it would work for you or if it would take longer but I guess it's worth a try.
Best wishes xx
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Offline Medwin over 4 years ago in reply to amelia98

Thank you. I will give it a go.
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