Thanks for the replies. My speech/swallowing therapist works out of the Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Ohio. She has been very helpful. I started therapy in Dec 04, nearly 7 months after 36 rad treatments which ended in early May 04. Her personal opinion is that I should have started therapy sooner. I guess my ENT out of Columbus wanted to make sure the cellulitis infections I had from rad in Jun and Oct 04 were gone. I've made up for lost time ever since, spending 4 hours a day on stretching exercises for mouth and neck + massage.
My therapist gave me a syringe I use to push liquid to back of mouth for swallowing since I had a subtotal glossectomy. This device helped me to pass a modified Barium swallow test in late Feb 05. I am not eating anything directly by mouth but am gradually trying to increase the frequency, quantity, and thickness of syringe feeding liquids. OK so far except for spicy soup.

My problem is I don't think my ENT in Columbus would prescribe it given his conservative nature. Perhaps an ENT at one of the Dayton hospitals that offer it would OK it. It's worth checking out. I also ordered a swallowing book by Jeri Logemann at Northwestern U. whom my therapist said is the "guru" of swallowing.