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Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 22 | I can't keep anything down. I spent last weekend in the hospital because they thought I was stopped up. I was a little bit and the PEG is in the right place. This weekend I know I am not stopped up. I have switched formulas and even have been eating through the terrible pain in my mouth. Nothing will stay down.
8 treatments to go. Help me Lord.
Dx: SCC lateral tongue April 09, Stage T1M0N0
PET scan clear April 09
Partial glossectomy April 09, no carcinoma present
IMRT started 7/9/09, finished 8/26/09
PEG inserted 7/30/09
PEG removed 9/25/09
ER Nurse
Keep the rubber side down....
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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | If you are constipated, and narcotics will do that, then homeostasis can grind to a halt and you will throw up everything. Are you getting chemo? If so that would intensify it a lot. If you are PEG feeding go slow. Many have complained of nausea by feeding too fast.
I threw up a lot during the latter part and post Tx so it's pretty common but you have to watch out for dehydration or you will end up back in the ER. Vomiting causes a lot of fluid loss.
You may want a consult with your nutritionist as well.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I'm not sure when you say stopped up whether you mean the Big C type or the Peg is malfunctioning?
I didn't have a Peg and because of that I didn't drink enough calories or water in the latter days of my Tx and I became dehydrated and with taking various pain meds all that lead to the Big C. So the Big C can cause nausea; the pain meds can cause nausea; the radiation can cause nausea and my chemo causes nausea all of which doomed me to severe nausea which like a snow ball rolling down a hill made me get less calories and less water which continued my dehydration which lead to ..... you get the picture. Things that helped me were getting some IV fluids, Carnation Instant Breakfast VHC, the end of my radiation and chemo and stopping all my pain meds.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 22 | Yes David, the Big C. I do have a PEG as well. So, I have laid off the pain meds today a lot. Pain is better than vomiting. My wife walked me around Walmart this morning too.
Mobility equals motility.
Starting to hold some fluids down.
Dx: SCC lateral tongue April 09, Stage T1M0N0
PET scan clear April 09
Partial glossectomy April 09, no carcinoma present
IMRT started 7/9/09, finished 8/26/09
PEG inserted 7/30/09
PEG removed 9/25/09
ER Nurse
Keep the rubber side down....
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 231 | They told me to take all of these different meds to help with the big C and none helped. Then a nurse told me to try the old milk of magnesia and it worked like a charm.
Just a thought.
Dx Mar 07 with Base Of Tongue Stage IV. IMRT 35x with 3 doses Cysplatin ran concurrent. Tx ended May 31,07. Left and right node involved. Radical neck disection 7/18/07
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Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 440 | hope you get some relief soon!
Dx 3/27/09 @ 28 years old with High Grade MEC T4N2M0
Elizabeth, 33, mother of 3 girls (4,7, &8yrs old)
3 rds of chemo(Carbo/Taxol)
Rt Mandibulectomy, rt fibular flap,& rt ND with trach, picc,& g-tube.
30 rds of rads with weekly cisplatin
SCANS ALL CLEAR!
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I had a big bout with the Big C and I think that was the worst pain I felt the entire Tx. My wife bought me some OTC enima product and that was the only thing that helped sometimes.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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