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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 62 | Thank you all, I will pass this along to her and another friend who is just starting treatment. The Drs of the second friend haven't yet decided if they are going to give him a feeding tube or not. He's looking at 35 tx. I had one in '05 and wasn't given a choice in the matter. It looks like as time goes by, they are using them less and less. It probably depends on the individual I guess. I will say though, without the one I had, I would haved starved. I lost over 40 lbs even using it. Thanks again for you help, Carol
DX 6/05 Rt Tonsil SSC advanced to lymph node. Stage 4b. RND, took tonsils, strips off the back of tongue, throat and nose. 19 lymph nodes removed only 1 bad. Once healed, 7 weeks of treatment including 35 IMRT, 7 Cisplatin, 7 Erbitux and 35 nasty Amophostine. Almost 11 yrs out now. Woooo Hoooo!
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