 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Peter-
I'm barely two weeks out of radiation therapy myself and still on the PEG. I'm waiting for my dentist to complete the flouride gel trays for a nightly flouride application to my teeth to prevent cavities before I start swallowing (besides, my throat still hurts).
Somewhere on this forum, I picked up the following book title from Amazon (enter Amazon thru the link on the OCF Forum Home Page):
Easy-to-Swallow, Easy-to-Chew Cookbook: Over 150 Tasty and Nutritious Recipes for People Who Have Difficulty Swallowing by Donna L. Weihofen, JoAnne Robbins, and Paula A. Sullivan (Paperback - Jul 19, 2002)
At least one of the authors is a registered dietician and my dietician at the Rad Onc Ctr liked the book --- Can't testify to any of the receipes because I haven't tried any.
Pete
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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