I am a diehard hard head. Since the people in here made me wake up and go for surgery at James Cancer Center at Ohio State. I made my mind up that I was going to eat and swallow within reason after surgery. I just kept moving my tongue to different locations in my mouth. Now I do it with small amounts of food and kinda of turn my tongue and twist my head in the opposite side where I had the surgery. It hurts , but by George I am eating. Not a lot, but it's better than baby food. I forced words out of my mouth and even had the Dr say that I was way ahead of what they expected me to be doing.. My surgery was the 3rd of this month and I am home and not nearly as miserable as I feared I would be.. Don't give up and force your body to do your will. It's working for me.. Go for the Gold all of you and be a fast healer like I am.. The prayers from around the qworld seem to have made a big difference for me. I'm praying for all of the people we meet on here..