Hi,

My sister has been told she will need a feeding tube thruout her treatments-it was inserted 2 days prior to her first dose of chemo( she has just had one so far of paclitaxel and carboplatin- radiation to start soon-) anyway- she is only 119 lbs and quite tall- what can be done to keep her weight on-I read one post where a woman lost 70 lbs!! with the tube??? Is there a hope she will not lose if she has the tube? She is now getting 5 feedings a day thru the tube. Thanks for any response.

Sarah


Sarah

Sister is Stage 4 DIAG 9/06 Tongue/Tonsil /T4N1MO - BOT -right lateral/crossed midline-42 X IMRTS/ Carbo/Taxol for 7 weeks- finished treatment early 12/06-no trace to be found 1/24/07 Recurrence 12/09- rad neck and partial gloss 2/10