 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | The nurses at the Oncology Center gave me anti-nausea and anti-constipation meds, altho I can't recall the names of them now. They had a number of different kinds of each in their chemical arsenal.
The PEG helps because the 'food' is going directly into your stomach, without much throat or taste action on your part, so it doesn't trigger the usual nausea things. I had more trouble trying to brush my teeth in that regard.
Be sure to continue swallowing stuf like water and meds if you can so you keep up with your swallowing.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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