Yep, starting week four, Bill could not tough through eating. It was like almost overnight when the pain became unbearable and he was forced to use the PEG except for continuing to swallow the bottle of Rain Gatorade that I place before him each day as a gauge of how much he actually was swallowing.

Deb

Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!

Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill