#47578 01-31-2007 08:14 AM | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21 | Due to radiation to head and neck area, it is now difficult to swallow, and I am frequently nauseous. I will be getting the stomach tube shortly, but don't see how that will help with the nausea. It should help me get more nutrition in though.
Any tips on dealing with this? I am in week 4 of treatments. What about bowel movements while on totally liquid diet? How do they change?
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of tongue, stage II due to size >3mm, nothing seen in neck on CT scan. Radiation started in Jan 07. Completed 2/26/07. Recurrance confirmed 8/07.
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#47579 01-31-2007 09:02 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 160 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 160 | Betty, There are anti-nausea drugs out there your doctor can prescribe. I tried a couple different ones before I stayed with Zofran. It helped, but with that and the pain med. it caused constipation. I can't help with the feeding tube since I didn't have one. I ate soft foods, chicken soup, drank nutritional drinks, etc. There are other forums on here where people have listed different eating ideas. I'm sure someone else out there can help you more. Take care.
Dx3/20/06 SCC,BOT,1N Tx:5cycles Carbo/Taxol, Rad:35x, brachytherapy:6x, completed 7/24/06
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#47580 01-31-2007 03:30 PM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | The nurses at the Oncology Center gave me anti-nausea and anti-constipation meds, altho I can't recall the names of them now. They had a number of different kinds of each in their chemical arsenal.
The PEG helps because the 'food' is going directly into your stomach, without much throat or taste action on your part, so it doesn't trigger the usual nausea things. I had more trouble trying to brush my teeth in that regard.
Be sure to continue swallowing stuf like water and meds if you can so you keep up with your swallowing.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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#47581 01-31-2007 05:44 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,676 | Hi Betty, The peg tube should help you alot! You can take anti nausea meds that way, as well as enough liquids to stay hydrated and calories to keep your weight in control. You may have to experiment with several nausea meds ato see what works. Just be VERY vocal with you Doc about something that is not working for you. As far as getting those bowels to function well, a couple of things that have worked for my hubby are Duco- Liquid and Benefiber. If you have access to a nutritionist, get imput from him\her. Once you have some idea of what you can eat on a daily basis, you can get imput on how to get "output"  Keep posting and keep getting well. Amy in the Ozarks
CGtoJohn:SCC Flr of Mouth.Dx 3\05. Surg.4\05.T3NOMO.IMRTx30. Recur Dx 1\06.Surg 2\06. Chemo: 4 Cycles of Carbo\Taxol:on Erbitux for 7 mo. Lost our battle 2-23-07- But not the will to fight this disease
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