Your new normal is what you make of it. Look at the positives. Your cancer free. You can still chew and swallow and your speech hasn't been impacted to much. The swelling will go down. it takes time and that's something you now have. Look around the next time your back in the hospital or doctors office for follow up appointments. There are many people in the oral cancer world that would give anything to be as well as you. Remember that and be thankful for the life you have.