Sleep elevated, if you can. It helps a LOT more than you realize. I still sleep elevated, actually, due to some reflux issues. But it really helps with the tube. (Not so great for my back, because I'm a side sleeper, and the two -- angled and side -- just don't agree with each other, but worth it anyway.)

Surgery 5/31/13
Tongue lesion, right side
SCC, HPV+, poorly differentiated
T1N0 based on biopsy and scan
Selective neck dissection 8/27/13, clear nodes
12/2/13 follow-up with concerns
12/3/13 biopsy, surgery, cancer returned
1/8/14 Port installed
PEG installed
Chemo and rads
2/14/14 halfway through carboplatin/taxotere and rads
March '14, Tx done, port out w/ complications, PEG out in June
2017: probable trigeminal neuralgia
Fall 2017: HBOT
Jan 18: oral surgery