David;
Where the hell was I supposed to come up with $850 per month for COBRA when I got laid off. Our health insurance in this country is a crime. We should be ashaimed that we are the only industrialized nation that allows insurance companies to make billions while letting people die. I now owe the hospital $70000 because I got laid off right before I was diagnosed.

Jon;

I had no PEG. Swallowing was very hard. Meals were quite a bit of work. I ate several small meals mainly because I would get tired from chewing and swallowing. My cancer was my tonsil, so I do not know how swallowing would differ for BOT.

I only lost hair where the radiain hit. My beard fell out, and I had a very strange hair line on the back of my neck.