Pigdoc?

You can get a fairly good idea of what is in store from this board. The radiation will have side effects how they play out depends on many factors. For some it means that after 4-5 weeks of rad they hit a wall while other have remarkably few side effects. As enticing as it is to think that you are done when the rad Tx is over... you are not. The effects continue to get worse for a while and the turnouround may happen after 3 weeks or later. Since you are having a high concentration cisplatin (3x) treatment you want to pay attention to your hearing. You will come to like both the port and PEG tube, the "installation" of both of these is not a big deal.

Plan for the worst and hope for the best!
Markus


Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.