5 mos post radiation. Feeding tube removed in 90 days. Still drink 90-120 oz water per day. Throat hurts after eating hard foods, i.e. chips or pretzels. Still small bites. Still no saliva or very little being produced. I have a mind set that says to do all things I did before the chemo and radiation and force the body to keep up.


Age 63, occasional drinker, smoked for 40 years
Base of tongue, stage 4,T-2,N2B
Cisplatin 1xweek
30 RT ended 6/25
PEG removed 8/23
PET Scan shows scaring but believed no tumors 9/25