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Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Don't confuse PEG with radiation with PEG for other reasons, like constricted throat -- I too am under warning to NOT drink anything -- Has nothing to do with the PEG, per se, and everything to do with my inability to swallow, the danger of aspiration and the subsequent possibility of pneumonia.
I mentioned on my last followup visit that plain or saline water will now go down my throat if it let it because it is thin compared to my secretions, and I was again cautioned not to be swallowing until cleared by swallowing tests (which I am a long way from getting).
Takas, tell your father to stifle the urge -- He really doesn't need pneumonia -- He can try some down the PEG and maybe burp up some taste! <g>.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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