Rose: My brother has had the same problem, and he had his peg for over a year following treatment. He is now without the peg and is able to swallow small amounts of liquid and mushy food. He was very depressed about this while he was unable to swallow and only after I repeatedly sent him posts from this site about eating difficulties (and his wife read them also) & talked to him, did he finally see specialists who helped him begin to eat normally. I especially thought some of the very descriptive posts (Posts where individuals explained step-by-step how they slowly learned to swallow again) were helpful. There are a lot of good posts on this site about swallowing, in fact I signed up for this board just to learn about swallowing problems when I found out my brother was still using the peg, more than a year after treatment.

The depression is very treatable and there are meds available to help. My brother won't take them but your husband might. My brother will celebrate his 2 year anniversity (from date of Diagnosis)in April and he has had no reoccurance and is in fact very healthy. The swallowing and depression have been his biggest problems. I have tried to get my brother to read this forum but he says he already has :rolleyes: but maybe your husband will be more receptive. For some people swallowing seems to be a big hurdle. The peg was very useful, my brother lost no weight and he looks great (well, he looks like always did!). Anyway, I just wanted to say that this is a common problem and for some it takes time to resolve. Have hope! Life is good! - Candace