"OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 404 Likes: 2 | That explains why my chemo doctor was one step ahead of me when I tried to do a 'weigh in' holding my handbag (it looks and feels more like an overnight bag)
He politely put his hand out and took it from me saying that "we don't want to try and trick the scales do we?"......then I got a lecture about my weight loss (even with a PEG), he had obviously seen that sort of behaviour many times before. So obvious,... but it was worth a go at the time.
Karen
Last edited by Karen Rose; 11-19-2009 06:47 PM. Reason: add more info
46 yrs: Apr 07-SCC 80% entire tongue removed,T4N1M0 Neck/D,Jaw Split, Trache 2 ops,PEG 3.5yrs 30 x rad,6 x Cisplatin, 30 x HBO Apr'08- flap Recon + ORN Mandibulectomy (hip bone to reconstruct jaw) Oct'08 1 Plate out-jaw Mar'09 Debulk flap Sep'09/Jan&Nov'10/Feb&Jun'11/Jan&Jul'12/Oct'13/April'14-More surgery
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