Hi everyone,

My mom is getting treated for base of tongue cancer, stage II, with tomotherapy. Tomorrow, she will have completed half of the radiation treatment!

A question about appetite: it's strange, but she is experiencing INCREASED appetite during treatment! her mouth and throat are very sore, and chewing and swollowing has become difficult, she is on pain meds... but she is hungry all the time. she says she has never before felt such hunger -- as if there's a lion in her stomach.

i'm glad she's not losing weight and feeling weak... but i thought most people experience decreased appetite? can there be something wrong? has anyone experienced this? :-/

the radiation oncologist had nothing to say about it during the meeting today. neither good or bad -- he just wouldn't comment on it, and just told her to keep eating. i hope he's not being silent to keep her from worrying...

soo.