Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well. I apologize I only post when I have questions. I have so much to learn. I hope I am able to offer advice as helpful as the information that I have received from all of you.

My Mom just finished her second week of radiation, and over the past couple of days she has found it painful to eat and drink (she says everything burns when she puts it in her mouth). She has pain medication, but that doesn't seem to be doing the trick. Short of getting a tube inserted, can anyone suggest something that may help make it easier to tollerate getting nutrition?

Thank you.
D


Mom's caregvr. DDS failed to dx 01/03. Dx Stg IV SCC 05/03. Induct. chemo, IMRT, 5FU, H, Iressa, Neck disect, radiation. Dad's caregvr. Dx 01/04 Ext. Stg SCLC. Mets to liver/bone 08/04. Died 11/12/04. Mom tongue CA dx 06/13, hemiglossectomy (80% removed) 08/13. Clean margins and nodes, but PNI. 6/15/15: Tongue CA at base of remnant tongue. Declined further tx; hospice.
Died 10/13/15. What a long and difficult journey.