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Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 207 | Hey Jean,
Welcome to the board. I think a PEG tube would be a good idea. Mine saved my life. My diagnosis was very similar and they installed my tube before any treatment began. I also had 35 RAD treatments over 7 weeks and 6 or 8 bouts of chemo. Don't quite remember how many, but i could take only very small sips of water for about 4 months. I still ost over 80 lbs with the PEG tube. I highly recommend he consider.
Steve
SCC, base of tongue, 2 lymph nodes, stage 3/4. 35 X's IMRT radiation, chemo: Cisplatin x 2, 5FU x2, & Taxol x2. Hooray, after 3 years I'm in still in remission.
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