Hi Sandra, I still have swallowing problems, particularly starchy foods. I gave up on mashed potatoes very early on. The only way I can eat potates is a small amount of steamed new potato with a bit of creme fraishe.

Slippery food is the important factor for me. So I use lots of natural yoghurt, creme fraishe, mayo (combinations of the 3 sometimes) to help food down. For example king prawns go down a treat in my own Marie Rose sauce. I can eat a small amount of bread if it is smothered with butter and soft cheese. I keep up my calories (and good cheer!) with half a bar real (70%+ cocoa) chocolate each day washed down with a latte. Adding Chai seed, which is very healthy, swells to make foods more slippy. The best way I find to eat eggs is a Spanish ommelette (fried veg, cut small, with egg mixture added when veg cooked through, and cooked very slowley first on hob then under grill to keep centre moist). I recently also started using a slow cooker, following a suggestion on the forum, which helps to keep meat tender and means the reletless soups and casseroles are easier to make. I juice friut and veg to make sure I don't miss out on vitimins etc as cooked veg, salad and whole fruit is not possible. It is a journey of experimentation I'm afraid.

PS My diet is very light on carbohydrate and high in fats so I am curious to know what my cholesterol is and I am awaiting results - I will report back to on these. I am hopeful that I am ging to be high on HDL!