Thanks for the encouraging words! I just don�t understand how these symptoms can disappear and then come back like they were never gone. The biggest issue it seems is with the saliva. It went from the thick yellowish stringy type to plain white and foamy (with dry mouth). I started to feel better when that was the case, even cleaning my house and wanting to get out a bit just to get out. But then that terrible saliva came back and I was sick all over again. It seems like there is a connection between the bad saliva and feeling nauseous and sick to my stomach. I don�t know if the saliva causes the nausea, or the nausea causes the saliva. It seems like the bad saliva is what causes the loss of taste. I�m trying to start to eat solid food, which I think I can physically, its just that it tastes SO BAD that it actually gets me sick to eat. Then I just go back to pumping ensure to get my calories, which is not helping my recovery. If I can build some energy, get rid of this silva, and start eating some food without the tube, I would think I should be good to go back to work.