Hello Michelle,
Thanks for your kind words they are encouraging to me, I must apologize for all my spelling errors, my mind works faster than my typing fingers (poor excuse for a high school teacher, although I teach history). I am sure that your mom's radiologist will bring up the Peg tube, if he does not be sure to bring it up, it may get difficult for your mom to eat, hopefully that will not be the case but you want to be prepared none the less. As for me I am feeling OK, my docs seem to think that I am ahead of the curve, however that being said, I try to be positive but scared out of my mind at times with the "what if's". Lately I have had a really bad sinus condition as well as major tooth aches that everyone of my doctors and dentist seem to dance around because of the possability of ORN. I just had a CAT scan yesterday and got the good call from my ENT this afternoon so that was cool. As far as my treatment I had 33 IMRT radiation treatments and 3 rounds of Chemo (Cisplatin and another that i forget the name) I also had a neck disection ( that makes it hard for me to feel changes on my right side because everything there is still numb). My primary site was my right tonsil that had spread to one lymph node, I had 22 removed with the neck disection, The Radiation and Chemo did not totally kill that tough little bastard so the had to cut it out.
Michelle thank you for your encouragement what we do for each other is what this board is all about, there is great value in giving back and yet at the same time I am constantly gaining knowledge from most all who visit here, I hate one way streets, they always make me through up my hands with aggrivation. Thanks for being here.
always Lenny