Danny,
John has a very similar situation as yours. He is in speech therapy and I have watched the barium swallows done for him. When he swallows. his liquid pools in two little pockets in his throat and he has to cough to expel the it and reswallow. He does what they call silent aspiration. He does not feel it because of the radiation.Therfore he must do the two swallow step for each liquid. His solid food goes down much better and in one swallow. He is still doing exercises and I think he will be for some time to come (maybe forever). The threat of aspiration pneumonia is always there for him. He was told to watch a low grade temp etc. Don't get discouraged. Has your speech therapist taught you some eating modification techniques?
Let us know.
Meredith