Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I'm not sure when you say stopped up whether you mean the Big C type or the Peg is malfunctioning?
I didn't have a Peg and because of that I didn't drink enough calories or water in the latter days of my Tx and I became dehydrated and with taking various pain meds all that lead to the Big C. So the Big C can cause nausea; the pain meds can cause nausea; the radiation can cause nausea and my chemo causes nausea all of which doomed me to severe nausea which like a snow ball rolling down a hill made me get less calories and less water which continued my dehydration which lead to ..... you get the picture. Things that helped me were getting some IV fluids, Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC, the end of my radiation and chemo and stopping all my pain meds.
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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