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Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 104 | Angelia I would expect you would ask your team about getting a pump, if they are talking about getting you a suction machine no doubt can get the pump as well. Perhaps your medical insurance would pay for the pump and the required supplies. When my husband was on the tube feeding we would run it at night while he slept making his days less restricted.
Caregiver to husband Dx. Stage 4 SCC of gingiva with 3 nodes pos. Partial mandiblectomy with bone graft from iliac crest Dec. 2006. IMRT x30, Cisplatin x3. Completed Tx. March 15, 2007. Osteonecrosis & removal of graft & plate Oct. 2007. Recurrence of SCC Dec. 2007. Deceased Jan. 17, 2008.
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Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 212 | Charm, it was every 4 hours for two months. 6am,10,2, 6, 10, and 2am. I got pretty used to it. It was good though, kept me nice and comphie. And of course those wild opiate induced dreams!
It still amazes me what we all have been put through. but we are still kickin'
Steve
70 male, athlete...again
SSC of undetermined orgin , early july 09
40 tx radiation, 8 chemo cisplatin and ebuterx
finished TX in mid Sept 09
Clear at the 6 year mark!
Back to swimming, biking and running! just a tad slower
never regained my weight, even when I eat lots and lots, just a skinny guy now
Just way glad to be seeing the green side up!
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