 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | Mark:
I owe you an apology. I was re-reading your thread and noticed the last line of your signature says you already have a PEG.
So, all my comments about eat, eat, eat are only partially correct. I just wish you COULD eat normally.
So, in the spirit of tongue in cheek humor ... for you it's
PEG, PEG, PEG.
Just remember to keep swallowing; drink water, dry swallow, chew gum, do something, regularly. I've read here that people can lose the ability to swallow due to neck scaring from treatment. You don't want that, it would mean you would be on a PEG for the rest of your life.
So swallow, swallow, swallow.
Lastly, in my twisted tongue in cheek humor style, if I actually try to put my tongue in my cheek, tongue dragging across teeth makes the mucositis hurt like lleh.
Happy New Year
Tony
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)
09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good
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