I have trouble with spicy food, too. Chicken is awfully dry for me, as well. I think that it's the texture that gives me trouble. I also eat so doggone slow, and sometimes it gets cold by the time I finish. I have been buying Bob Evans frozen sausage, egg and cheese burritos-they aren't very spicy, and I get little packages of guacamole and put on them. I can also eat chicken wings if they aren't breaded as long as they are the "mild" variety. Maria, I see you are in Ohio, do you have "Frickers" near you? I can eat the shrimp there as long as it is the "mild" kind.


Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.