 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Bill
Hoping you go thru treatments quickly, painlessly and easily. Its a difficult road towards the end. Just keep eating minimum 200-300 calories. If it gets to a point where you cant eat, then use the peg tube. Take in minimum 48 oz water daily and swallow as much as you can by mouth.
Try to stay ahead of any nasuea you may encounter. Make good use of the peg tube by taking meds and getting extra fluids.
If you are able to eat by mouth now is the time to cram in all your favorite foods. Enjoy bread, chips, steak, mexican food, I could go on and on, just eat it now. It could be a while once you start treatments before your taste gets back to near normal again.
Best of luck with treatments. Please keep posting any questions or updates you may have as you go thru this.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
