Welcome Sandra, I am a tongue cancer survivor, had about 70% or more of my tongue removed. When I started to try to learn to eat. I purraid my food to about the constancy of a shake. So things like chilli, or ravioli, or vegtable beef stew, mashed potatoes and gravy etc I was lucky enough to have a vitamix but man I was in heaven. Then once I could handle that, I went to buffet resturants as much as I could so I could experiment with diffrent textures, flavors etc. These two things really helped me to start eating again. It sounds like you may have more issues but I guess I am trying to say, Dont' give up!