 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 | Good advice here, Stacey. We all lose weight. I was 188 when I started and about 157 at the end of RT. Push the fluids and the calories, whether it's soft foods or liquid nutrition by mouth or some kind of tube.
It's gonna be tough for awhile - how long is unique to each of us but David CPA and I had similar courses - but you'll get him through it.
Courage.
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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