Kyle:

I went through without a PEG, the team said they would see how I did in the 1st few weeks and I did ok. I was on a trail protocol that seemed to help withsores, etc. The last 2 weeks of treatments and the week or so after treatments were fairly rough and my diet consisted of water and ensure. I did lose 30lbs or so. I think part of that was no junk food. But I would listen to the other posters, I believe I was in the minority as far as pain and discomfort. As the Drs said, bad genes to get the cancer, great genes to handle treatments as well as I did. Based on this forum and asking my Drs, there is no "book" on who does well during treatments and who has a rough go of it. My only suggestion is be prepared for the worst and pray for the best.

Good Luck.

Bill Van Horn-53 ex-smoker, social drinker, Biopsy 8/24, Diagnosed 8/30/07 BOT T2N2-B MX Stage IV. Started treatments 10/1/07. IMRT 35 x, Cisplatin - 3 cycles - completed treatment 11/16/07. CT Scans on 1/15/08 all clear Selective neck dissection 1/28/08. All nodes clear.