Hi everyone: My husband had surgery June 15.He had neck dissection for cancer of the epiglottis. The dr. took out some nodes also. Had 35 radiation treatments. Finished that 2 mos. ago. He has a peg tube cause he cannot swallow anything without choking. On Friday of this week we are going for another opinion. I was wondering if anyone has had any reconstructive surgery done to allow you to eat more normally. Seems like his surgeon has signed off on him so to speak. Does not really answer our questions satisfactorily. He says everything is from radiation and it should get better. but we feel everything is not being done for him. He is up most of the night coughing and gagging cause he has so much mucus stuck in his throat that it takes a long time to cough it up. If anyone has any suggestions for us we would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Especially if anyone has had any epiglottis reconstruction. Have heard that it is available somewhere out there. thanks for listening.