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| Joined: May 2013 Posts: 134 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: May 2013 Posts: 134 | The weight loss snowball can get so much momentum it's very hard to stop. My redline was 35 lbs and i lost that plus 10 more during the week of hell. I needed a new mask at the 6 week mark (out of 8). My original was loose enough that they had a hard time lining up the IMRT.
Dx March 2011 via FNA (49 yrs old) SCC BoT HPV+ exact strain unknown Stage IVa T3N2cM0 Cisplatin x 3, IMRT x 40 (7267 cGy) One node removed post-treatment (rad dmg) Clean PET 10/28/11 Swallow therapy | | | | Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 126 Senior Member (100+ posts) | Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 126 | i found cream of wheat with lots of butter was a non-offensive food to eat. Also, soft scrambled eggs with no salt didn't bother me too much. if you can, supplement your meals with ensure. i didn't lose much weight until i finished treatment. during treatment i was supplementing meals with ensure, but once i finished and my taste buds started coming back i couldn't bring myself to drink the ensure (I really hated it). Good luck!
Emily - 24 years old at diagnosis HPV-, no risk factors T2N2b Squamous Cell Carcinoma Left oral tongue, poorly differentiated Hemiglossectamy, reconstruction, partial neck dissection 30 Radiation treatments, weekly chemo (cisplatin) 1/13/12 last day of treatment Diagnosed October 2011
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