 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF! Yes, treatments can be brutal! Im very sorry to read about everything your mother has gone thru.
the very best advice I can give you is to get her to one of the countrys top cancer centers. That will be her very best chance to get thru this. Her body is already not in the best shape after battling oral cancer twice so she isnt as strong as usual. Plus the major weight loss means to me that she could be malnourished which further complicates the situation. A feeding tube shouldnt be ruled out weather its a PEG tube or a nasal tube. It is a tool that can help her to stabalize her weight and get stronger.
Im also from PA. Wishing you both all the best!!!
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
