Hey, Suez, I hadn't thought of that. I should have, though. I make a dip with sour cream, mayo, dill, and chipped beef and I can eat that. I serve it in a rye bread bowl and dip the bread in it. I make it every Christmas, and if I get it really goopy I can even eat the bread.


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.