 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I didn't have the Peg and I lost 30% of my body weight and went to the ER 3 times during my ordeal with the last ER visit coming in week 2 Post Tx.
Like everyone else I hated to "eat" because nothing tasted the same. Some things tasted horrible. I was never a sweets eater before Tx but for some reason I never lost my taste for things that were really sweet. To this day, 8 months post Tx, sweets are my strongest taste but strangley enough that doesn't include fruits. I used to eat fruits all the time and now they still taste yuckey. Go figure.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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