Jim,
Please get the PEG tube. I had my surgery 3/25/09 with 2/3 of tongue removed, radical right neck resection. Each day following the surgery it seemed to get more and more difficult to swallow. It got so that I was using a medicine dropper and putting fluid down my throat. I just could not get any food down at all. After 20 days, I felt like I was drifting away. My skin was starting to wrinkle and I knew I was getting dehydrated. I went to the surgeon's office and when he saw me he immediately put me on a IV right in his office to get some fluids into me and ordered a PEG tube be put in the next day. It was a lifesaver. I was using 6-8 cans a day plus water. I had all medications put in liquid form so I wouldn't have to swallow anything. I had the tube out 1 month ago. I was trying to please everyone by being tough and it almost killed me. It's called humbling ourselves. (NOT EASY). My thoughts and prayers are with you! Good luck.