 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Mary,
If he doen't keep himself hydrated he can have permanent kidney damage from toxicity from the Cisplatin. He also will end up in the ER on an IV - not a fun experience (I have been there and done that). As hard as it is to eat or take in enough nourishment, it is vital for healing and ultimately will make the process shorter.
Like Chuck's "policewoman", I too kept a log of everything I ate and drank every day.
I did all of this without a PEG tube.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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