Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 346 Likes: 3 | 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
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