John
[quote]The eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa is commonly described as "self-starvation. - Public Health Encylclopedia [/quote]
Like David, I had "involuntary anorexia" caused by radiation and chemo complications. I was going to join in the chorus of disbelief that wanting to eat, trying to eat, and being hampered by physical pain and surgical changes could possibly be lumped together with "fashion model disease" Yet I see from Wikipedia that indeed cancer caused eating problems have now become part of this Anorexia: Wikipedia [quote] Anorexia is common in cancer patients with reported incidence between 15% and 40%. Primary anorexia is especially prevalent in patients with advanced malignancy, and is frequently a side effect of cancer treatments.[/quote]
As Brian constantly cautions us, unregulated web sites and even mainstream web sites often have major errors and outdated statistics on oral cancer stuff. So Please share with us your findings or have Brian post your article in the OCF reader.
PS. I got by on a diet of Ensure Plus and used Selzter water to swish and spit out the mucous and pain pills to swallow. So my remedy was :"Self-forced feeding"