KarenC - you are right about the weight issue - my sister was 100 lbs BEFORE her diagnosis. We finally went with the PEG tube right after she started radiation and she is on the high cal Isosource but still can't seem to get more than 3 cans of it into her in a day.

Caregiver/twin sister to Cathy diagnosed with tongue cancer Feb. 2004/partial glossectomy and neck dissection Mar 2004/recurrence may 2004