Hi my name is Edgar. I'm 42 y/o and going through what Max is experiencing. In addittion to radiation 5 days p/w, my treatment consists of Erbitux once per week and Cisplatin every three weeks. I just started, I'm on my eight radiation second Erbitux and one Cisplatin. I lost taste three days after radiation started. I also lost twenty lbs already because I had an infection of the lymph nodes and was admitted to the hospital. I am recovered from it now.
It is hard for me to eat I get hungry but I have a lack of appetite. As it is I am a thin guy but I'm afraid of loosing even more weight.
I am trying the liquid approach for now until I decide about the PEG.