" wrote:
Dear Ben (and the Group),

Since being diagnosed on 14 June 2008 I have lost about thirty
pounds.

I learned last week that a friend of 25+ years has stage IV throat
cancer (he is just 47.) He is undergoing radiation treatment and had the
usual loss of appetite and weight loss. But he said his doctor gave him
samples of a drug that increased his appetite and greatly improved his
mental outlook, if not his prognosis. I believe it was one of the
progesterones that is described:

http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/QAs/L...d_faqs/QAs/599

May want to ask your doctor about it.