In January I had radioactive iodine and then I couldn't taste salt for a while. Now I have a back molar which often tastes salty and/or metallic. This is one that has a porcelain crown with some sort of metal helping bond it to the tooth. Now I also have a lump in my cheek. It is on the opposide side from where I taste salt. The dentist has cleaned and done x-rays but can't find much wrong except a slightly more prolonged sense of cold in that tooth. I have a full body scan on Friday to check for metastasis. Any ideas? Please don't say the R word. I don't want one.

ok so since this thing got worse with radioactive iodine i suspect it is something like this. The lump is now very painful and i have it on both sides now. from the scan i can see the i131 goes straight to the spots that hurt.

http://jada.ada.org/content/138/12/1582.full

trouble is the article says there is no cure for this. dang.