Sarah's daughter,
I would immediately call the doctor and insist on a PEG tube. How can one hope to recover without proper nutrition. I also used the tube to inject pain med if I needed more than just a duralgesic patch and once I got off of the patches. Like Minnie, I kept my feeding tube for many months (10), after treatment ended because I could not get enough nutrition through the mouth.

Best of luck,
Danny G.

Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.