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Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 378 | Hi Fred,
If you're already having issues with dehydration you may want to consider the PEG tube. Jack felt it was a lifesaver. Whether you do or don't get it keep swallowing every day to work those muscles. Gary is not kidding about the 2-3 quarts of water as well as about 2200 calories. Jack had 4 cycles of cisplatin and hydration helps with everything about it. Make a schedule for yourself to space out how much you need to eat and drink so it doesn't get away from you.
Regards JoAnne
JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.
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