thanks for that post Terry, you're in my thoguhts and prayers too--you're like my sister in swallowing recovery! I've been wondering how you are doing. I'm getting really sick of soups too. I would give anything for a bite of a cheeseburger!

I keep thinking about things like chesseburgers that I used to eat without a thought (except for worrying about gaining weight!) and I wonder if I'll ever enjoy again.

Probably it wouldn't be a bad thing for my health if I could never have a cheeseburger again :rolleyes: but there are lots of other things that aren't quite so fatty that I also miss. It's funny, when it was hot out I craved salad and fruits and things like olives but now that its cold and snowy and the days are short I'm craving fatty/cheesy/carb-heavy foods like cheeseburgers and pasta. Same cravings as usual even if I can't do anything about them!

As far as stretching your mouth, would your insurance cover a therabite device if your doctor prescribed it? There's a page on the OCF site that describes it and why it's supposed to work better than the popsicle stick method. You can order one over the internet and if your insurance covers it they will bill your insurance after.

The speech pathologist who saw me before said he noticed today I had a definite improvement in my range of motion. It's actually an improvement of about 5 mm since I started using it, which means I can do two fingers with a little gap above them now, but it obviously has helped me somehwat (I've been using it for a month and 1/2).