Robert completed radiation Friday.He has 6 Cisplatin Treatments and 3 Erbitux. The medical oncologist plans to start Chemo with taxol/carbo 1 treatment every 4 weeks for 4 rounds, this is just in case some cells made it to the lungs. I am concerned with this continued chemo.Robert is not eatting, he will not get a peg and takes pain meds about one time a day. I have begged,cried and pitched a good fit to try to make him understand that the body must have food to live,but he just says I can not eat. He says it is not pain,it is desire.He told me today he does not want anymore Eribitux because it is making him feel bad, I tried to explain to him that lack of food makes you weak. He is a very smart guy, has a 149 IQ but refuses to relate his weakness with no food. I just do not know if adding more Chemo is the right thing to do, it is not normal treatment. He has had under 300 calories a day for over a week now.He has labs in the morning and I look for an admission.He has been getting iv fluid,so at least dehydration is not an issue.At what point do you say it is time to stop and let the body recover. I have not shared my concerns with Robert, I am scared to go against MD advice,but I do think that Robert is close to giving up, without even knowing that he is giving up.Thank you for any advice. I feel so helpless.


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