 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Sometimes we look for a complicated solution when it may be very simple. I mentioned anti-acids because chemo does a number on the stomach lining, causing major heartburn.
The doctors usually set the weight loss limit at 20 lbs. They start to panic when it exceeds that. They were really freaked out by my weight loss (the RO anyway - the MO didn't seem quite as freaked). They probably thought I had cachexia for sure- but I fooled 'em. I put 30 lbs. back on - went from a 34" to 30" waist and my wife loves it.
Brian, I never to imply that anyone could survive on Gatorade ;-)
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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