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Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | Dear WD,
Dan definitely got a bit worse the two weeks following treatment, although he had 8 weeks of treatment and maybe that is why...we were told the radiation stays and still works in the body weeks following the end of treatment. Dan had a PEG tube and definitely needed it and used it totally for about 6 months. He still lost about 30 lbs., which is okay because he had some extra he could lose.
Take care...prayers are with you for you and your mom.
Debbie
Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.
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