I had morphine sulfate for break through pain and I wore a duragesic (fetynol) patch continuosly for pain. I started out at 25mcg around week 3 and by week 7 I was up to 100mcg.

As far as eating went I lived off warm soup, Progresso was my favorite...even though I couldn't taste it.

Tim Stoj
60 yr old. Dx Jun 06 with BOT Stage IV. Neck dissesction on 19 Jun 06. Started Tx on 21 Aug 06/completed 33 IMRTs and 3 CT (2 Cisplat & 1 Carboplat) on 5 Oct 06.