Thanks everyone for the encouragement! We made a few more meals today's and I will keep in mind to swallow daily no matter how much it may hurt. My daughter said she'll "go boot camp" on me (she was in the Army) if need be to make sure I'm getting at least water down and hoping to not need the PEG to much. We looked through some old pictures today of family trips and of when all 3 of my kids were small so I'll fresh "memories" to think about while doing the TX's. I have a great imagination too so coming up with things to think about shouldn't be difficult! I'll give an update next week and all that are going through this can stay strong and have a great outcome!


Female 47 former smoker (quit in 1986), very light drinker. 1st diag 8/1/11. Surgery 9/6/11 SCC L BOT Tongue T1N0MO stage II w/partial gloss with no rad or chemo follow up. Recur 8/16/12 T1N1M0 - stage III. Neck dissection surgery 8/29/12 with 35 sessions of rad and 6 chemo beginning 10/8/12.