Hi everyone,
Week one is finished!
Dad has had Erbitux twice and radiation each day. I am surprised that he is already having pain/swallowing difficulty (even with water) but they said it's normal for the cells to swell when first getting treatment. He also is complaining about taste. He accepted his 1st nourishment thruogh the PEG on friday.
Thank you for the PEG advice, we put the gauze underneath etc thanks to this advice, and also did not put cold stuff into his tube (which I know I would have done).
Mariam

Caregiver to father,Frank -Tonsil SCC spread to base of tongue 2 lymph, T2N2M0 stage 4a, IMRT 35x, Erbitux 8x-stopped after 5 due to thrush infection and strp infection in PEG,diag Aug 07 tx concluded Nov 8 07 PEG issues Inpatient Oct 8th-Nov 8th.