We don't have Trader Joe's here but our local Wegman's carries some boxed soups like that. Actually, their boxed portobello mushroom soup was the last thing I was able to get down during treatment--I was still eating it and finding it tasted good on week 4 of treatment. I'm going to go there today and get some. I actually have a great recipe for cream of onion and garlic soup and maybe I wilol make some of that. It makes the whole house msell good as the onions and garlic roast and then at the end it is all pureed together.

A friend of mine who's husband has advanced MS and some swallowing issues told me that there are actually different muscles in your throat involved in swallowing liquids and in swallowing solids. I kept swallowing enough through treatment that its obvious my swallowing is working OK for liquids, but I guess I'm just worried I've somehow lost the muscle control for solids. Has anyone else had this same problem? Should I be asking now to be referred to a swallowing specialist? My next appt. with the ENT actually isn't for a month and I don't want to bug him if this is probably an ability I'll recover on my own just through continuing to try, but I also do want to be proactive about this.

Nelie