Re smoking...
this probably does not help your sore throat.
just consider that scalpels, needles, retractors forceps and pincers (ok maybe not these) generally win when they are used against soft oral tissue!

This sure as hell motivated me.

M


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.