Congratulations on getting finished with your treatment.
I'm impressed that you did it without a PEG. My husband is on day 13 radiation and already everything he eats tastes repulsive. He also has chemo every 3 weeks. He is trying to take it lots of calories but so far he is losing weight. He had a tonsillectomy which set him back as far as putting weight on before the treatment. He is very slim at 5'11 and 152 lbs down from 165lbs. We haven't gotten a PEG yet, the Drs want him to try and do without.
Did food tastes bad to you? Could you afford to lose 30lbs and do you feel not getting a PEG was a good choice? Did you even consider a PEG? He drinks lots of ensure and we ordered the carnation VHC. These are questions we are grappling with. I'm very impressed on how well you have done, thanks for sharing.

Vanessa


Jeff age 49 DX 5/8/09 Tonsil cancer T2N2BMO. Tonsillectomy 5/14/09. TX: Cisplatin 3x's every 21 days w/ 33 Rad concurrent. 2-3 nodes on right neck affected. PEG 7/10/09. Chemo/rad start 6/12/9, TX finished 7/28/09. Extended TX
3 more chemo/Cisplatin/5FU/Docetaxil start 9/11, Clean PET 10/29/09.