#96500 06-02-2009 06:58 AM | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 27 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 27 | I can feel my body running down, no appetite, weight has dropped from 205 to 189. Eating is a chore but one that must be done.
I have become a "good" nap taker. Throat not terriblt sore at this point some sensitivity to neck region from RT.
Nausea feeling hasn't progresses to actually vomiting.
I hate the string saliva and have been threatening my wife to use the hose spray at the car wash to get rid of it.
Seems going better than could be expected.
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
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 253 | Hi Irish
I'm in the middle of chemo/radiation myself. Seens that things are going well for you. I've heard that Seltzer water breaks the thick saliva. Someone mentioned the cans/bottles from Safeway were the best.
Keep eating. My doctor gave me Isosource which is paid by my insurance co. High calorie, high nitrogen(?) and high fiber liquid. It doesn't taste bad. Has 375 calories per 8.45 oz.
Use it to make a milkshake. But whatever you do, EAT, EAT, EAT.
Try some salmon which is soft and very nutrious.
My neck is sensitive also. A moisturing cream (without lanolin) will help.
Good luck! I'm not sure where you are in your treatment; I'm on week 5.
Sandy
Last edited by SandySt.; 06-02-2009 09:42 AM.
Sandy 56, BOT SCC Biopsy 1/21/09 Stage 3, T3NXM0.
Finished 3 cycle induction chemotherapy 4/7/09. (Chisplatin, 5-fu and Texotere). Re-staged 4/20/09,(very successful.) Will start Carboplatin/radiation 2 Gy/5 days/7 weeks (Tomotherapy) starting May 4th. Finished 6/22/09.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Both of you don't forget about Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC. It has a whopping 560 nutritionally balanced calories in a small 8 oz can. I drank that stuff over a year post Tx using it first as my only source of calories and progressing to where I drank it with my real meals just to boost my caloric intake during recovery.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 253 | David: Thanks for the advice. Sandy
Sandy 56, BOT SCC Biopsy 1/21/09 Stage 3, T3NXM0.
Finished 3 cycle induction chemotherapy 4/7/09. (Chisplatin, 5-fu and Texotere). Re-staged 4/20/09,(very successful.) Will start Carboplatin/radiation 2 Gy/5 days/7 weeks (Tomotherapy) starting May 4th. Finished 6/22/09.
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