Sorry to hear that you're still having trouble eating. I was lucky in comparison and can eat almost anything once again, although I occasionally have trouble swallowing and I eat slower than I did before the surgery.

I use a masticating juicer to juice vegetables and supplement my diet that way. It was something I bought even before I was diagnosed & eventually had my subtotal glossectomy, because I needed to find a way to add more vegetables to my diet. Drinking a nice green juice occasionally, makes me feel a lot better. I am not one to advocate using this for a full on diet change or to go on a juice cleanse, but I have found it helpful to improve my diet.


Dx 2014Jan29 (42 yr old otherwise fit nonsmoker)
SCC tongue stage III T3N0M0
subtotal glossectomy, partial neck dissection, RFFF, trach, NG tube 2014Feb25 16 days in hospital
RAD 25 zaps 2014May5-2014Jun9
Back to work, paddling & hiking shortly afterwards