Hi Rosie,

I sure know the feeling. I did not have any type of feeding tube (none was offered or maybe not available). It took me WAY too long to be able to swallow enough at one sitting to even feel like anything had reached my stomach. I lost over 60 lbs and it wasn't until I REALLY looked at my whole bod in the mirror (I looked like I had just come out of a WWII concentration camp) that I became determined enough to work hard at it. You don't have to make the same mistake that I did. Sure wish I had had Erik's attitude at that time. The whole healing process is so determinant on the amount of nutrition that you can get into your body, and I don't just mean near term healing but LONG term healing, also.

Think positive and positive will happen.

Peace
Jack
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Dx 1/15/97 SCC rt. tonsil met to rt lymph node Stg IV,
Srgry 1/23/97 tonsillectomy & mod radical neck dissection,
Radiation 35 trtmnts both sides