Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | My RO who did NOT recommend a peg tube for me said if I lost more than 10% of my weight, she would make me have a tube put in. I only lost 5 lbs in the 7 weeks living mostly on Ensure Plus. I didn't know about Carnation VHC if it existed in 1997.
Take care, Eileen
---------------------- Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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