Joseph

I may have missed what chemo they are planning for you, but I would strongly encourage you not to let them gamble with your life with Erbitux. I did and I lost that bet.
Carboplatin is less damaging than Cisplatin yet being platinum based still does the trick on oral cancer tumors.
Bear in mind, I am not a medical doctor and this is just my opinion based on my personal experience ( although my MO ditched the Erbitux for my second TX since in his opinion, if the Erbitux had done its job, my cancer would not have come back. He's working on a test to identify the 50% of us for whom Erbitux is worthless but so far it's just luck of the draw.)
Keep up the good attitude and you will do fine
Charm