Thanks Kim. I've been to hell and back, but I have it good now. I eat by mouth, but I still have my peg tube, not giving that up, being I had some sort of treatment for my 7 recurrences the past 4 years, and used the peg either solely or to supplement my diet. I was lucky, although I had radiation 5x, mostly left neck, 5 neck dissections, not effecting my swallowing too much, work around some problems. although the initial IMRT did like most everyone, but most of my problms were chemo related, although my vagus nerve was removed in October, along with my carotid. and was aspirating, had pneumonia in the hospital. Later I did a swallow study, and found if I turn my neck to my lett, look down, I don't aspirate. I was NPO after my initial chemo in 2009, darn almost two months only IV, no nutrition, and was hospitalized though 2010 for 6 months, lost 110lbs, and have come a long way since. I take one day at a time, and tackle each problem one at a time, easier said then done sometimes, each day is different, but I'm ok, but I'm no happy sap to cancer either, other things yes lol, but never cancer, and like it that way. I seek revenge, and living is the best revenge. I'm not ready to raise the white flag, and think of kicking cancers tail each day, keep up on how, see my doctors, all 8 of them lol, and hope for the best. That's how I get through, survive.

All the best.