Hi. I only just found this forum and wish I had found it early on in my treatment when I would have found it useful for myself. I had my PEG tube removed today and that feels like a closure at least for the time being. Almost 7 months on from the surgery I am feeling pretty fit and eating almost normally, albeit with a glass of water (or beer!) handy to help with the occasional mouthful that sticks.
Happy to share my own experiences here in the UK which I suspect are not so different from you guys over the big water.

If anyone is reading this shortly after a diagnosis of tongue cancer like mine, I hope you can keep a positive attitude towards the likelihood of a cure. Ok, I know its too early to know for sure if I am cured, but the treatment is over and life is a little fresher, girls a little prettier and the world a little more beautiful than it was before.
My best wishes to you all. Martin