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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 718 | Kyle,
My husband went through IMRT and chemo w/out a PEG or a Port and I would not recommend that approach to anyone. On the PEG front, he got very dehydrated and it was problematic for him to take medications. On the Port front he was, at times, a human pincushion to the chemo nurses because the chemo made his veins bad.
Our doctors did not recommend either, if I knew then what I know now I would have demanded both.
Margaret
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C/G: Husband, 48 (at time of dx)
Dx 5/18/07 SCC, BOT, lymph node involvement. T1N2BM0. (Stage 4a, G2/3)
Tx 6/18 - 8/3/07, IMRT x 33 Cisplatin x3 (stopped after 1st dose due to hearing issues). Weekly Erbitux started 6/27/07 completed 8/6/07.
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