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Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 207 | Hi Craig,
It takes a while to heal. I was out of treatment 7 weeks before I could eat oatmeal. Can you at least take water? If you can manage some liquid, it is a start. I think it is a matter of retraining to be able to swallow again. I began with very soft foods. Oatmeal with banana. Lots of milk. Pudding, jello, icecream, shakes, etc. Now I am a year and 3 months out of treatment and eating everything except spicy food. My tongue cannotg handle yet.
good luck,
Steve Daib
SCC, base of tongue, 2 lymph nodes, stage 3/4. 35 X's IMRT radiation, chemo: Cisplatin x 2, 5FU x2, & Taxol x2. Hooray, after 3 years I'm in still in remission.
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