Hi everyone. I have now had the peg/reg fitted (three days ago). The surgery is settling down. I had a great Consultant who did the procedure and had about 8 staff in the room. The procedure itself was mainly fine except for the tube being fed into my stomach through my nose to inflate my tummy with gas. The first two days sitting down and standing up was uncomfortable, but getting in and out of bed was challenging.
I had as a call from the hospital nurse yesterday to check in and see how I was feeling/doing. I've met my Speech Therapist, Dietician and Chemotherapy nurse. I'm being seen by the hospital tomorrow to remove the dressing and check the healing. I'm managing to do the daily flushing of the tube. With the way I am being treated by the entire staff team, I can see why some patients actually get a sense of loss after discharge.
My radiotherapy starts on Monday morning for twenty minutes, then first of three chemotherapy cycles for an hour immediately afterwards.
My radiotherapy starts on Monday morning for twenty minutes, then first of three chemotherapy cycles for an hour immediately afterwards.
Hi. There are some useful tips here
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
