#44054 12-06-2004 10:57 PM | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 28 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 28 | Before you send this to the recycle bin, perhaps a quick update is in order. Ken was hospitalized with an infection last week and was unable to drink anything for several days, so a tube of some sort became necessary. The doctors put in an NG tube; he threw it up. Several tries (and several regurgitations later) they gave up and installed a peg tube. So far, it is working great! And actually, it seems much more unobtrusive than the NG tube, is very easy to use, no infections have popped up with it, and most importantly, he is putting on weight. So lucky Ken, he got to try both methods! 6 more rads to go, then he is through with treatment!
Sherry (Dolores is the name of my cat) Wife to Ken, starting chemo/radiation 10/25/04. Stage IV SCC of right tonsil, T2,N2A,MO
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#44055 12-07-2004 11:13 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 | Sherry, glad to hear Ken found a solution for his eating issue. I am very supportive of the peg as mine worked out well for me. The last rad treatments are the hardest, so look forward to the end of treatment. The effects will last beyond the end of treatment, so anticipate 4-5 weeks of further discomfort until things start getting better. You both are still in my prayers.
Regards, Kirk Georgia
Stage IV, T1N2aM0, right tonsil primary, Tonsilectomy 11/03, 35 rad/3cisplatin chemo, right neck dissection 1/04 - 5/04.
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#44056 12-07-2004 04:24 PM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hi Delores,
I'm glad that the situation worked out for Ken and hope the end of radiation comes quick!
Take care,
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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#44064 12-07-2004 04:24 PM | Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hi Delores,
I'm glad that the situation worked out for Ken and hope the end of radiation comes quick!
Take care,
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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