Learning to eat after radiation therapy for throat cancer.
OBJECTIVE
The initial purpose was to find more expedient ways for learning to eat for personal rehabilitation. The secondary purposes were to inform other radiation therapy patients and to inform clinicians and therapists involved in rehabilitation of throat cancer patients.


METHODS
This is an account of personal experiences of the author who is a throat cancer survivor. This rehabilitation engineer, and his social worker wife, systematically sought and found more effective ways for learning to eat again.


RESULTS
More effective approaches for discovering, preparing, presenting and consuming food by recovering throat cancer patients were identified.


CONCLUSIONS
The rehabilitation process for patients with radiation damage to the throat can be enhanced through simple methods and dedicated efforts of the patients themselves.
Laenger
Charles
C
cllrehab@sbcglobal.net
Laenger
Elise
E
D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000534:rehabilitation*