Ron also has the same issue with Tomatoe foods being spicey. He did eat the chili my son made and yes it had it's own spicey going on but he did eat it, i put some shredded cheese in to melt it and cut down on the spiceness. He can drink soda, coffee took a bit to get back into, as well as his "beer" darn it that could have never came back for all i cared. He does mashed potatoes and gravy, tuna and miracle whip didn't fare too well, another good thing is egg salad, put that in a processer and it makes such a creamy dish as long as no onions or celery is put in. and ron is pretty much on the same schedule as you all are on(i did try and put that in my signature but it won't work!) his operation was on May 13th, radiation ended Aug 16th. He is getting better day by day as i am finding out in reading how everybody else is eating that are able to eat, which is something I tell him everyday, how lucky he is to be able to eat food where some people can't.