hello to all and special thank you to christine who is kind enough to show me the ropes of this web site. I am donald breaux and in the beginning stages of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, primary was located in right toncil.stage 2. I am totally new to all of this including the jargon. I already had my tonsils removed and a mediport and peg tube in place. I am already seeing oncologist for radiation treatments ( have not started as of yet 12-21-09) I met my chemo oncologist today for the first time. My ENT dr has put together a world class team in her own words, after meeting with the chemo dr today I really believe she is being totally honest with me. This dr. resume was a mile long with the ability to practice from louisiana, to uk to dutch. he is listed as a top 100 dr in america. so I am very comfortable with him. From what i have read this will be not an easy thing. I have been trying to boost up my weight. I weighed in at 128 when this first started and actually lost 10 # I have been eating tons of milk shakes with added ice cream and muscle milk. christine I will add the instant breakfast and the peanut butter to this. I hope to gain weight. hello again and thanks for listening donald