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Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 207 | Hi Joe,
I had the same diagnosis. You are lucky to be a pharmacist. You have good information. My wife works at the VA and had good imput form the Duke and VA doctors on my care. The radiation is tough, but we manage to get through it. Are you going to get a PEG tube? UIt will make things much easier. I also had chemo and radiation at the same time. They kicked the crap out of me for 8 weeks, but the cancer is gone. I'm now close to two years from diagnosis and doing well.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Steve
SCC, base of tongue, 2 lymph nodes, stage 3/4. 35 X's IMRT radiation, chemo: Cisplatin x 2, 5FU x2, & Taxol x2. Hooray, after 3 years I'm in still in remission.
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