Agreed to all. I am about a year and a half post treatment and still struggle to swallow, especially with meats and most breads. Some of it's self inflicted to Chris's point with too big of bites but much of it is probably mental ("Oh, great I'm hungry, here we go again"), coupled with loss of flavor, lots of water and the big thing I've noticed is when I get into a meal after several bites my saliva production dissipates and I'm struggling to swallow/using a lot of water. I'm truly thankful I can eat though and take it all at face value. I also noticed I have now trended to things with gravy, sauce and softer items. My doctors continue to warn me that my "triggers" on fullness and eating are also out of whack, coupled with eating these type of foods which are usually packed with calories needs to be monitored closely. Bottom line, they all suggest measuring intake and continue to build on my exercise. At this point though I'm still not eating enough to make that huge of a difference. The ice cream ritual sounds great but I have yet to be able to return to cold or frozen items. Anyone else had that issue?
Just my thoughts on some of the challenges I feel.
Regards,
Steve