Hi everyone, thanks for the responses... here's the deal as of today (Sunday night): there's a little white streak on my tongue that is still there from the other night... I think that might be thrush or the last remaining white layer of mucosa (spelling?) that used to cover the entire right and left sides of my tongue right after radiation...

What really is giving me pain is where my tongue and the floor of my mouth meet, way in the back on the right side. It's hard to stick my tongue out very far as you can imagine after all it's been through, but we shined a flashlight in on it tonight. My wife says it looks like it's been cut or something. It's definitely irritated somehow and definitely bothersome when I eat... I'm wondering if my jump into eating real foods has anything to do with it since I was on a liquid diet for so long... Anyway, I'll probably call my doc tomorrow and at least have them look at it for my well-being...