 Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 | Ms. Ann
Sorry to hear about your Fiance. From our experiences, it was nearly impossible to swallow anything after the first month or so of chemoradiation and immediately opted for the stomach tube.
Feeding and hydration are very critical during the treatment and post treatment process. Lack of hydration as we found out required several stays for us at the hospital to get fluids through and IV.
The PEG is a very good option.
Regarding swallowing, we are 8 months out from end of treatments and swallowing is still a major difficulty even after a couple of esophagus dilations.
CG to wife;
Jan 2005 DX SCC Tongue T2N1MO; RND surgery Mar 2005; 35 XRT and 4 cisplatin completed Jul 2005.
Dec 2006 tongue surgery, Scar tissue no cancer.
Feb 2010 neck node FNA - negative.
2010 ORN right jaw plus fracture
2015 ORN left jaw plus fracture
Feb 2016 Lower jaw reconstruction by Fibula free flap+titanium plate - Permanent G-tube
June 2016 Difficulty breathing - Permanent Trachea tube
Dec 2019 DX Cervical cancer - Stage 1 - Surgery Jan 16 2020.
15-20 esophagus/larynx dilations
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