Hey Erik,
So glad you are home...know all about the goods/bads of nursing staff...had mostly good and a few really bad ones. Dan had a PEG tube put in when he began chemo/rad about 8 weeks ago. He started using it totally about 5 weeks ago. He also had MUCH trouble with constipation and fullness...had to get more meds for that. Be sure & ask...they gave Dan Lactolose in a syrup for his tube. He also has Protonix for reflux that I crush up to put in his tube. Tomorrow is his last treatment...sure looking forward to the path of recovery...trying to take it one day at a time. Also, they finally prescribed Reglan for Dan to put in his PEG to help him with the full feeling. It gave him some diarrhea, but we used a little less and it did help him take in a bit more food thru the ole tube.

Take care and hang in there, Erik, I have added you to my daily prayers. May God give you strength as you heal.

Debbie

Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.