Talk about an attention-grabbing headline...:) In our small village of 20,000 people, we know of 6 other families that have faced this same cancer, including a husband and wife couple. She was diagnosed one year after he was...:(

As long as we're on the "S" topic, I have another question...how long, post treatment, until is the patient cleared for close contact? How long until all the crap is pumped into their system is it out, until they are no longer "glowing in the dark"? Yes, after (almost) 25 years of marriage, we were too chicken to ask the doc this question, pathetic, right?


wife/caregiver to Vince, dx 4/12 Stage IV BOT HPV+ SCC, poorly diff.; T4N2cMo; U of C; Clinical trial, Everolimus; 6 wks ind. chemo (Cetuximab, Cisplatin & Taxol), 50 x IMRT, 75 gy chemorad w/5FU, Hydrea & Taxol; 5 years out, thankfully still NED