Gary,

You are dead-on right about the hazardous waste dump! Its amazing the quantity of crud that's run through our veins. And then all the drugs to mitigate the side effects of those drugs, and so on and so on! I am a little surprised at how quickly the cisplatin affected my taste buds. I am staying hydrated - thanks for the reminder though.

David,

My point in posting was that I am trying to eat solid foods, just having trouble figuring out what's going to be tolerable and not upset my stomach. I'm muddling through it as best I can - at any rate, in a couple of weeks it'll all be moot anyway.

Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018