Anne-Marie,

I'm with Amy on the fact that it may be time for the "nurse from hell" to make an appearance. When I got to the point where I said I couldn't eat, and I felt like giving up, my husband would hear none of it. He pushed me to keep my intake up, through mouth sores and hacking and horrific pain, and I'm glad he did, because it kept my weight loss to a fairly controllable level, and I was able to recover with minimal swallowing problems.

Cathy

Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989