I found that spaghetti of all things (with milk) just had the right combination for me for many weeks. I never knew you could blow out whole spaghetti through the nose, though! eek Water was just too thin for me to drink and it took almost 2 years before I could take multiple, successive gulps. I really stocked up on the Ragu and noodles and rode that horse as long as it worked.

You'll find what works best and when that changes move on to something else. It gets better by the week but, unfortunately, not by the day. Take a moment from time to time to look back at progress over time and you'll be amazed.

Ed


SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023