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Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 489 | I don't think I would say I am dependent on my PEG (well I am to get my total nutrition), but I find myself using it instead of going to the trouble and the mess of trying to eat. I'm not sure how to deal with this - I keep hoping that the post tx side effects will lessen and eating will be more enjoyable again. Then there is that time factor too - it takes me so long to eat the smallest amounts and if I'm really hungry, the PEG is faster.
Patty
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SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06
9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx
35 rad 2006
Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin
Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula
35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08
4/15/09 recurrence
6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace
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