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Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | Darrell,
How many treatments do you have left? If there are a lot, I would recommend getting the PEG. Dan still has to use it 5 weeks post treatment due to the horrible burning and can't put anything in his mouth yet. He has used it for almost 3 months now, and would have been horribly nutrient deficient if not for it. I know there is controversy regarding it, but your body really needs enough nutrition during treatments...to get thru and for keeping the rest of your body and organs intact. Dan is hoping to eat soon, but the burning is so bad he might have thrush...they can't tell by looking so we got a prescription today to see if that helps.
Thanks,
Deb
Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.
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