Good afternoon all,

Been a while since I was here. After a partial glossectomy 6 months ago, three weeks ago I had a 6 hours radical neck dissection where many nodes were taken and most of which came back cancerous (part of the vein is gone also). I will be having radiation on both sides of the neck very soon and three treatments of chemo (cisplatin) during the 1st, 4th and 6th week of treatment.

I am now quite angry because the medical oncologist insists I have a feeding tube otherwise she says there will be no chemo .... I have a lot of weight to spare and figured I would just force myself to eat/drink during treatment no matter what because I did not want the tube. I am taken aback at her being so adament she says she always ends up with patients who are so malnourished after about 1 month of radio that she cannot even give them their chemo treatment since it is too hard on the kidneys.

My father died of the same illness four years ago and he also had the tube. I don't know why I am bucking it after all this surgery and feeling like Young Frankenstein but there you go!

Any help?

Marie