When in chemo, occasionally to avoid choking or gagging on a Zofran anti-nausea tablet, I would crush the tablet to powder in a shot glass (using the rounded butt end of a butter knife), add 1 to 1-1/2 oz water, stir, and drink it down.


Age 61, stg IV SCC (tonsillar, invasive at back of tongue, spread to neck lymph nodes); Dx Nov. 2008, nonsmoker since 1974, very light drinker, no other health issues; no surgery, no PEG, 4 cycles chemo (TPF), then weekly chemo + 7 weeks radiation (2 per day) incl IMRT = 70 doses total, done 6/4/09