Hi everyone and thank you for the wonderful welcomes.

Gary A, Yes, it was an SOB. I'm not exactly sure that if it weren't for the love and responsibility I felt for my family, I might have quit treatment. I've read and heard Head and Neck cancer treatments are the worse and alot of folks will quit about halfway through them. We here on this sight are definetely warriors for sure.

David R, I have the oddest eating habits now. Things I used to love, I no longer care for. I probably had my PEG removed too soon as I couldn't stand the thought of anymore "hardware". I have different stages where I find something I like and will eat it all the time. Anything with any black pepper or tang, like ketchup, I can't yet handle because of the burn. I ate alot of ice cream, in fact so much that I ate my way into a Curves membership. LOL Recently I gave ice cream up and am trying really hard to eat better. With the dry mouth, which I still have although it slowly gets better, I use Oral Balance by Biotene. It has been a life saver. My dentist gave me samples of it and I use it more than water. Strange as it weems, if water isn't ice cold, it just seems to create more dry mouth with me.

Thanks again all and I'll see you all around the board, Carol