If he can eat dill pickles and anything with salt on it he hasn't gotten even CLOSE to as bad as it can get. Count on no taste buds for around 3 months, mouth sores, maybe a little longer. He MUST keep up on his nutrition (and fluids) even if it tastes like sh*t.


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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