No way could I eat orally after about 25 days into treatment. My sense of smell and taste were so fouled up that everything smelled abhorrent.

I had a PEG and had a love/hate relationship. I couldn't have done it without it. But the operation and the discomfort of having it are not negligible.

Brian
Stage IV TxN2aM0 HPV+ SCC 38 y.o. male
9/20/13 Sentinel Node Found
12/5/13 Start of 72Gy and 5 bags of Cisplatin
1/21/14 Treatment Ends
1/25/15 1 Yr clear