I will say one thing I was lucky about is I've always been a bigger guy. I'm 5'9" and weighed 250 when I was diagnosed June 3rd. I've always been very active so I carried the weight well and my blood pressure and everything was always healthy. When I was discharged June 26th I was down to 218. I'm hovering around the 220 mark for now. I am lucky I had the extra weight because such a drastic weight loss could have been seriously damaging. I honestly didn't expect to lose that much, but I guess when you go two weeks on just IV fluids it's pretty severe.
Josh, 24, don't smoke/drink
5/29/13 Biopsy
6/3/13 DX stage 3 HPV- SCC at BOT
6/14/13 Hemiglossectomy, neck dissection, second surgery to add stitches
6/21/13 PEG
6/23/13 Incision opened to drain infection
6/26/13 Discharged from hospital
7/22/13 IMRT starts
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