"Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 | Daryll: Think you are making the right choice. You need your energy to fight this and recover from the effects of your treatments. And it isn't after the horse is out of the barn if you need feeding help now. Just do it. I had mine before any treatment because my chemo dr. insisted. I thank him always and think it should be required of everyone before treatment. I lost 50 pounds, 25% of my body weight, even though I was on the peg. I was taking 4 cans of 350 calorie Ensure type stuff per day and supplement with Carnation Instant Breakfast now in 2 cans. This gives me about 1600 calories per day and I am barely holding my weight at 150 pounds. So good luck at getting the peg and use it well. The procedure is not a big deal compared to some stuff I've been through so don't worry about it. Rgds, Kirk Georgia
Regards, Kirk Georgia Stage IV, T1N2aM0, right tonsil primary, Tonsilectomy 11/03, 35 rad/3cisplatin chemo, right neck dissection 1/04 - 5/04.
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