 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Nell, almost all of us lost weight in the immediate post treatment. I lost 61 lbs. It doesn't mean that he has cachexia. If he is on a peg, talk to the nutritionist about upping his calories. I have seen cachexia up close and personal. My dad just lost all interest in food and wasted away in a week. He had non Hodgkins lymphoma.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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