The weight loss snowball can get so much momentum it's very hard to stop. My redline was 35 lbs and i lost that plus 10 more during the week of hell. I needed a new mask at the 6 week mark (out of 8). My original was loose enough that they had a hard time lining up the IMRT.


Dx March 2011 via FNA (49 yrs old)
SCC BoT
HPV+ exact strain unknown
Stage IVa T3N2cM0
Cisplatin x 3, IMRT x 40 (7267 cGy)
One node removed post-treatment (rad dmg)
Clean PET 10/28/11
Swallow therapy