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Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 86 | We just left our appr with the chemo doctor and he said "you got through the 2 big bags of cisplatin. Your kidneys look good.. Your white blood cells are down. With all of your side affects we don't recommend the third bag. We do recommend you do carboplatin on Friday if your blood tests from today come out good." Has anyone had 2 big bags of cisplatin and 1 carboplatin?
22 YO Brother Dx 6/17/14 w. SCC R Lateral tongue
CT scan clear LN 6/20/14
HPV-, non-smoker
R tongue, right hemiglossectomy Surgery 6/24/14
(Not reoccurrence but went to NCCC instead
R neck dissection, tracheostomy, radial free flap, R tongue dissection surg 8/11/14
PT1N2B.3 positive lymph nodes out of 13
Extranodal extension present
9-15-14 IMRT (35x) & Cisplatin (2x) begun
10-21-14 peg in. 10-31-14 1 round of carboplatin
11-4-14 IMRT rx comp
3-27-15 Recurrent tumor in lymph node, L neck diss.
10-29-15 brother passed away, 23 yrs old
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