yes, thanks Sabrina. I didn't realize it was used that way too. I think with IMRT they can do kind of the same thing and focus more of the radiation on the site where the tumor was using that. I really appreciated your messages too. I hope you'll check in and give me some encouragement as I go through this....

I met the gastroenterologist who will put in my PEG tube today. I'm not looking forward to that but they said at D-F that it was really necessary if I was doing rad. and chemo so, like getting the theeth puled, it's somwthing I just have to get through (spot where they drilled the roots of that one tooth is really nhirting today too)


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"