Hi David

Alex and I are in Sydney and wish you the best of luck for your upcoming surgery. This is a great site for exploring options and figuring out the questions BEFORE you get in front of the doctor rather than 3am the next morning. Support is excellent too from both survivors and co-survivors.

Alex had slightly left of standard treatment because his tumours were unresectable. We had "induction" chemotherapy which just means they used chemo as a means of shrinking the tumour before they rolled out the big guns. Chemoradiation (the big guns) followed 4 weeks later. We were lucky that the result of the chemo was actually a "complete response" (no evidence of tumour on PET scan) so with any luck, the chemoradiation pulverised any errant microscopic remnants. We look forward to stressing about whether or not our superannuation will save us from selling the house and moving into the gutter with our other poorly prepared friends smile

Karen

Karen
Love of Life to Alex T4N2M0 SCC Tonsil, BOT, R lymph nodes
Dx March 2010 51yrs. Unresectable. HPV+ve
Tx Chemo x 3+1 cycles(cisplatin,docetaxel,5FU)- complete May 31
Chemoradiation (IMRTx35 + weekly cisplatin)
Finish Aug 27
Return to work 2 years on
3 years out Aug 27 2013 NED smile
Still underweight