Amy,Wish I could help answer any of those questions. I have to say I'm quite surprised you havent' gotten more responses to your initial post about this. I'm wondering if you'd get more responses if you posted this under "Medications, Treatments, Procedures". Nelie


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"