 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Jan,
Constipation will shut down eating and drinking also. It happened to me for 2-3 days in a row and that's when I really lost weight. Probably should have gone to the hospital. I was still in treatment then. It has been my biggest recurring problem of them all (besides Thrush). I've been using Peri-Colace with satisfactory results.
If his swallowing is really painful ask the doc for a script for "Pink Magic". There are variations the stuff I have is lidocaine, morphine and mallox.
Also, check the archives for posts on feeding tubes - there are do's and don'ts with them.
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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