Hi Nelie- I had a near total glossectomy and i can swallow most everything- Everyon'es surgery and anatomy are different and we all have different levels of success. Jim worked with a speech and swallowing pathologist to regain his swallowing abilities without asperation and clear the strictures in his throat.

I hope you will possibly get at least to swallowing liquid food- I noticed an immediate change in my energy levels when I was able to at least swallow liquid food- I felt so much more nourished.


I know it must be very difficult - Start slowly swallowing water then liquid ensure types of drinks and tehn more and more thicker drinks and build from there-- swallowing food does a great job of
loosening up the esophagus. At first it hurt me really badly and gave me kind of a heartburn feeling to swallow any solids at all but I just made myself keep doing it and it felt like the act of swallowing the food itself loosened things up and got me back into the swing of things.

Thinking of you Nelie!


K