To me it seems better to get the PEG when your mouth is not inflamed and one is not (yet) miserable, because if you were doing fine you would not need a PEG. Getting a PEG is actually not that big a deal once you can wrap your mind around it.

Re exercise ... I definitely would not overdo it. This was the last thing on my mind at that stage.... it is not like he is getting his teeth cleaned.

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Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.