Hi Kyle - I'm also a member of the same club - had the same surgery as everyone else. Eating and talking were very hard at first - pretty much lived on soup, yogurt, smoothies, and ice cream for a while. Then I also discovered mac and cheese - and lasagna!! My sister made us one, hoping I could eat it, and I did! My final victory was eating a big, fat juicy hamburger about 6 weeks after surgery!

Now, over 10 months post surgery, everything is pretty normal. Sure I still have some numbness in my left ear, left jaw line and along the left side of my tongue - but eating is totally normal, and my speech seems pretty normal too, except when I get very tired and then I tend to slur words a little if I don't watch it...

Hope your lymph node results are good- will be thinking positive thoughts and sending them your way.