Thank you very much, Kristin and Mark! Yes, the application will be by injection and your response, Mark, gives me hope. As I am a bit younger and in otherwise great condition, I hope this will also help me get through it better than some of his other patients. I am also determined that when all is said and done, I will be able to spit!

About mouth sores, because the tumor is on one side, I asked if the entire mouth will be affected. Was told yes, because both sides of neck will be irradiated as a precaution.

My feeling is that I can get though just about anything if there is a defined end point. For the benefit of others, I will post about the drug as I experience it.

Thanks again, you two. I am in the information gathering mode right now and everything helps.