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Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 207 | Hi Bob,
It took 7 weeks for my mouth and tongue to heal enough to eat and remove the PEG tube. I had 35 rad treatments. Finished on Dec 7th and had the tube removed after my neck disection on Feb 1st. it takes a while for the tissue to heal. Also, what are you eating? Eat bland food such as oatmeal with a banana to get your stomach used to regualr food.
Good luck.
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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