Found out today that they'll use Cisplatin. I didn't go to this appointment with Dad as I had to work, so I don't know much more about what they talked about. I do know that they said the day each week that he does his chemo, it'll be a 6 hour visit. They said they'll give him fluids before and fluids after and that it will take that long to do it. They said something different than the oncologist in Boston. In Boston, they said 6 1/2 weeks of radiation and 6 chemo treatments. Here in our home state, they said between 5 and 7 weeks of radiation and chemo. I think I may call Boston on Thursday to find out if this is correct, or something that got screwed up in translation.


Dad was diagnosed 2/28/18 w Stage 4, N0 Verrucous carcinoma (VC) an uncommon variant of SSC
Mandibulectomy and free-flap reconstruction 5/30/18
Diagnosis changed to SSC.
Began treatment of 30 rads and 5 Cisplatin Cycles on 7/18/18
Decided not to do any more Cisplatin after the first one.
Finished treatment on 8/31/18.
3.19 Abscess & Recurrence wide mouth resection
4.16.19 Scapular Flap Reconstruction surgery
9.6.19 Clear CT!
8.6.20 Clear CT!