 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | I think Don is right, if you need a peg, get one; if you can fight it out without one, try to do that.
I lost weight all the way through treatment. My nurses told me they push for a peg when you've reached 10% body weight loss. I reached 10% on the last day of radiation. My nutritionist had fussed at me all the way through because I just kept losing weight. Believe it or not, you can continue to lose body weight even after treatment ends. After losing 32 during treatment, I lost 10 more after it was over (have gained 5 of it back). Treatment is certainly not a recommended weight loss technique, but I do like the new slim look; haven't been this skinny in 20 years.
As they say, it's different for everyone. You are the final say in what is best for you.
Keep fighting, you will get there.
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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