Yes.. there is always hope. Please try even little sips and tastes if possible. Look at new things that are available to you - there are always new advances - there is also a site on the web for tube feeders that teaches you how to eat healthfully with a peg. It may not change that you can or can't eat, but it may give you more control if you can make your own foods and put them in your tube. I know it damages you on a social level, but you can still go out and do other things with friends. Go bowling, dancing, to a play. Something where food isn't the focus. Also everything has a cell life. One of our members had a right side facial paralysis. He assumed that was it. A few years later he started getting movement back as the cells regenerated. I have noticed improvements 4 years out. Try try try. You're throat is a muscle. It's like weight lifting, more practice, the stronger it gets. The trick is to NOT STOP trying. Hugs and welcome