Amy,
I just got home from a weekend at my mom's in Pittsburgh, PA. My mom has pancreatic cancer. She's holding steady 10 weeks after her diagnosis.

We have a consult with the gastroenterologist on Tuesday and we're hoping (yes, now he's looking forward to it) for the PEG before the end of the week. Radiation side effects have hit all at once. Tom's throat feels "raw" and even worse than no taste are things that taste bad. He is trying. In fact, he's eating some very soupy, very sugared oatmeal right now. My mom sent me home with some Boost for him to try. It's really been good for her.

Thursday was Erbitux #3 and his MO said he'll only have one more dose of Cisplatin. That will be in two weeks.

I read that you are off to San Antonio to help your daughter move. Good luck and don't work too hard--hahaha.

Joyce

CG to Tom dx SCC 5/06; right neck lymph nodes removed, dx right tonsil and tonsillectomy 6/06; rad and chemo started 7/06; treatment COMPLETED 9/06 33x rad; Erbitux (8x); Cisplatin (2);