Im still amazed at how many people check up on me. Thank you!!!

A few days ago I had problems with my peg tube getting clogged in the middle of the night. Made no sense to me at all since I had just flushed it a couple hours earlier and was doing my night feeding. Went to my gastro doc, the assistant couldnt get it unclogged either. Finally the doc came in and worked it open. I flush it several times per day and at least once during the night. For anyone who has this problem with their tube....if it was not able to get cleared, another one would have had to be inserted surgically.

I also had a problem with my neck wound bleeding quite a bit for a few hours. Thankfully it subsided so I didnt have to go to the ER at night in a snowstorm.

As of today, Im doing ok. My progress is slow but I do see the swelling gradually going down. My plastic surgeon said it will take a year for everything to heal.

Thanks for all the emotional support.


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile