 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Susie,
welcome to the site. For many of us severe weight loss is a reality. I dropped over 60 lbs. myself. Many here have lost weight even with PEG tubes. He should be seeing a nutritionist weekly. Weight loss occurs when the input calories are less the the burn rate. I am 29 months post Tx now and have gained much of the weight back. I was disabled for over a year because of weakness and fatigue issues. The treatment is pretty drastic and it takes a long time to recover from it.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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