I've only made a couple of posts on this forum before...a couple of years ago, when I was first diagnosed with SCC of the tongue. Luckily I survived and I'm now about a year and a half cancer free.

Obviously it's been a long road and I'm still having troubles related to my illness, even after the cancer is gone. I've never met anyone else in real life who had this particular disease, and though I've known of people who had cancer, I've never known anyone my own age who has. (I'm 27 now, was 25 when I first got sick.)

I started seeing a therapist and a psychiatrist for help dealing with the depression I've been suffering as a result of all of this, and the therapist suggested I try to find people online who might be able to relate. One of my biggest struggles is eating. I no longer have a PEG tube, and I'm within a healthy weight range, but my diet is extremely limited. My taste buds have been incredibly sensitive since I went through radiation, and since I had half of my tongue out, I have limited control with regards to manipulating food in my mouth and swallowing without choking.

I was just wondering if anyone could suggest foods that have worked for them, just so I can get an idea of what other people with similar difficulties typically eat. I'm very careful and try to take a multivitamin daily as well as at least 1 nutritional shake (though I dislike them), but I'd really like a way to introduce vegetables back into my diet.