 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Running a vaporizer at night will make him much more comfortable and tell him to make sure he keeps on swallowing. Smoothies, eggs, creamed soups, casseroles. Keep lots of water on hand to help with swallowing during the meals (and I do mean LOTS!) I didn't know about yogurt (the stirred kind) before my surgeries but now wonder how I managed without it! I eat alot of yogurt with berries or other fruit in it, and also use the yogurt to cover small pieces of cake, etc which makes that so much easier.
He needs to keep swallowing. Meals that now take about a hour to consume about 1/2 a bowl of soup will speed up - but it takes time. I can remember being exhausted AND frustrated after one of these one hour meals!
Keep posting - lots here have invaluable experience.
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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