I was eating solid regular foods a month after TX, but I did not get my sense of taste back until about 6 months after wards. I could not eat spicy foods until a year after TX but did not get to do that long since the cancer came back around the same time.
I was able to get down spoonfuls of soup immediately after TX the first time and could eat soft foods which are technically solid not liquid within the first week after TX.
Since you got through without a PEG, you have retained your swallowing so you should be back very quickly also.
Everybody is different of course but ease into it.
Christine has a list of easy to eat foods she shares.
You can also try my CAT pie recipe
Charm's Cat Pie recipe
Charm



65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13