Christine,

Thank you for your quick response. I greatly appreciate it.

I'm not sure what SLP stands for. I have been swallowing every day - the large amount of mucus that I have I need to swallow it continually (does that count?). Prior to having the brachytherapy (Feb 2018) and after having surgery (Apr 2016), radiation and chemotherapy (July 2016) and immunotherapy (2017) I was able to swallow food. I had more of a problem with manipulating the food in my mouth due to the constraints of my tongue. I was hoping to find out what others have done to "re-train" their tongue (or what's left of it) to maneuver/manipulate food in their mouth and what has worked for them.

Also, I'm curious as to your signature (after).....can you tell me what "HBO dives", "trismus" and "mandiblctmy" means?

Susan