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| Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 73 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 73 | Hi everyone. I am 3weeks out from treatment. I stopped pump and formula and began blended formula using one called liquid hope and another called real foods. I supplement with fruit smoothies. This all goes through peg. I have more energy and I am not taking acid or nausea meds as much. My stools are normal and bowels working. I had swallow test yesterday and have no saliva in my mouth. It felt very strange to chew again. Is there anyway I can help increase saliva? I do speech exercises everyday and I am hopeful. I am glad to be untethered from the pump and glad to be slowing getting better. I am concerned on the amount of water I get. I do brush my teeth regularly and try to aide dryness with biotine and coconut oil. My wife feeds me with syringe and I eat at same time she does. So breakfast, lunch and dinner then bedtime snack. It's been difficult to keep calories up but I am lucky I have only lost 20 lbs. any suggestions on how to get off the peg and getting saliva going again would be appreciated. Ya'll have been a huge help to me and my wife.
T4,N2,MO SCC of the BOT hpv+ Weekly Taxol/Carboplatin w/ 44 rad 73 GY Nov 2014 - Jan 2015 PEG tube feedings (Liquid Hope). Removed PEG 7/7/2015 Clear 4.9.2015 PET/CT H&N. 11mm low SUV nodule RUL on lung PET/CT 2nd PET 8.25.15 10+ numerous nodules bi later lungs 9.9.15 Lung biopsy SCC Org BOT Avastin and Torisel clinical trial 11/15-3/16 MDA Home 5/23/16 Pet scan 50% growth & +SUV Opdivo 6/2016 Synthroid 100 mcr Scan tumors shrinking Teeth decay 9/2016
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