So it's now about 3 weeks out from surgery, and I kind of feel only small improvement from 2 weeks out. Less "gunk" but still tons of saliva, I guess maybe because I'm not swallowing it I"m having to spit/suction. Still trying to sort out this feeding schedule, every three hours isn't fun when it gets to the midnight and 3 am feeding. What I do (or try to do) is one feeding when I wake up about 2 or so, then do an can and a half at 6 and noon. Seems I'm getting some stomach acid feedback if I do too much in the G tube at once, so having to watch that. Weight has been maintaining, so that's good at least.

Steri-strips have all fallen off, so some progress there. Every once in a while I get a little blood from one point of the incision or other, sort of like surface blood clots coming off, nothing big deal.

Tongue, I guess swelling is going down, I can swallow, I'm just not making any attempts at swallowing anything until cleared to do so by the doc, I'd prefer a healthcare professional were within reach in case I run something down the wrong pipe. I do have to say one part of my tongue (original tongue) is bumping more against a molar than I would like right at a stitch line with the reconstructed tongue, I'm not too keen on that.

Speech is a mess., but people seem to be able to understand me, even on the phone. I did have an issue with UPS, trying to track a package and them not understanding the AWB... even tried a text to speech program on the iPad... Finally got a live person to talk to and they could understand enough to get it done.

Problem, I can't pronounce my family name.... but then again I couldn't pronounce it very well before 9AM and 2 cups of coffee before the surgery...

Getting out for walks, every day a little bit better. This cold snap we've had tending to keep me inside more than I'd like.

One thing I did notice is now when i'm riding in a car it seems too "overwhelming" for lack of a better term, visually things going by too fast. Also seem I don't have the same level of concentration I had previous. I'm chalking that up to side effects from an 11 hour surgery and not really getting a broad range of nutrients from the Nestle feeding formula. Bobby needs pizza and cheeseburgers.

And so it goes...