 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | Just for the record, I was also PEGless (in fact, I don't believe the subject ever came up back then). I just knew I had certain calorie goals for each day and I was determined to prove to my radiation oncologist that I could get it down, no matter what. I ended up losing just over 10% of my starting weight -- but I was 39 and otherwise healthy up to that point, so I suspect that made a difference.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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