Well, Fiddle Dee Dee! That's a pretty good idea. I usually do just have an appetizer, and most of my friends are used to me bringing my Ensure with me. French onion soup works pretty well, too, as long as I try not to eat much of the cheese. The soup makes the croutons nice and soft and mushy.

Female, nonsmoker, 70, diag. 5/09 after tongue biopsy: stage IV. Left hemi-gloss. and left selec. neck disec. 30 lymph nodes removed May 20. Over 7 weeks daily rads. with three chemo. PEG removed 12/4/09 Am eating mostly soft foods. Back to work 11/09 Retired 4/1/11. 7 clear scans! Port out 9/11. 2/13. It's back: base of tongue, very invasive
surgery involving lifestyle changes. 2/14: Now speaking w/Passey-Muir valve. Considering a swallow study. Grateful to be alive.