Susan,

During the recovery everything is an experiment. I finished rads about 6 weeks prior to Thanksgiving. I enjoyed a big breakfast that day and some turkey but white pepper in the mashed potatoes nearly knocked me over. Sometimes you must force yourself over the "fear factor". I found lots of things on the salad bar were surprisingly tasty and easy to swallow plus the really helped with digestion. Spinach is my favorite vegetable now. many of my first meals were poached eggs, and eggs over easy with grits and lots of butter. I am back in treatment and one of my mainstays is a medley of green and yellow squash with onions sauteed. When my mouth was recovering from surgery this medley run through the blender was my first "food".
Bill
SoMD.