Hey Nicki,
You guys surely are in my prayers. Dan had 7 chemo treatments and 41 rads. I hope you guys decided on the PEG...Dan could not have made it w/o it. He ate and did well until 3 weeks in, and then overnite it happened...he could not eat a thing or even drink water. That day and for 5 months he took nutrition only thru the PEG, nothing by mouth. It was a rough haul, but Dan got the max rad to four places and it was full field, not IMRT (which probably made it worse). With pain meds, make sure you ask the docs for some strong meds for constipation. Dan really had a few days of horrible constipation that we had a hard time getting under control. Docs didn't mention it beforehand, so make sure you ask and get ready for that! Anyway, hang in there and keep praying...it's what got us thru along with some very loving friends!
Deb

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.