Hang in there Billy,
I know how hard it is and I would have just laughed at anybody that would have told me that it was in my head. But not all of it was, but when I look back, some of it was and I quess just because of fear of aspirating food. It's a scary thing. The speech therapist finally told me that she would resucciatate me just to get me to eat thick pudding!
You are doing good. Just keep trying and it will happen before you know it.
Debbie

Partial mandibulectomy and neck dissection 2/3/07. T2NOMO.
Had 14 hour operation which included reconstruction of jaw.
Reconstruction failed. Some radiation, no chemo.