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My son has finished his radiation/chemo treatments as of 6-5-06. He seems to be doing so well - good attitude, was eating solids week and l/2 after rad., back to work for 3 weeks. Nodule on neck has gone down tremendously but still a little there, much softer. He is going to ENT next week and I was surprised to see the folks saying their scans were scheduled 3 mo. after rad. I "thought" we were told they would be after rad. finished. (which could mean 3 mo., I guess) After reading above, I think I would question anything sooner than that. You sure hate to question very experienced doctor, but hey, just another number rolling through so as stated many times, keep them on their toes.

What is Tx? We (son, husband, me) were sooo much against surgery at the start. But after reading these experiences (80 nodes removed; one
had cancer - etc.) I have changed my mind and feel like now is the hour - we need to be as sure as sure can be we've got it all. Many thanks to you brave people for sharing your stories. Collie

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Had my 1st ctscan about 6 weeks after last treatment.

The 'lump' in my throat had gone way, way down but, there was still something there.

Scheduled for neck dissection tomorrow (about 7 weeks after last rad/chemo treatments). Dr will be doing biopsys while I'm on the table to see if there is anything else to be concerned about on base of tongue.

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Good luck tommorrow Gary. Try to get a good nights sleep and let us know...

God Bless
Kerry


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StageIV - Base of Tongue T4N0M0
XRT x42 / Taxol and Carboplatin x4
Tx. Finished 5/08/06
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Collie, TX is treatment. And good luck Gary, we will all be thinking of you.


Caregiver to husband David, non smoker. Dx 1/06 SCC Base of Tongue Stage IV, neck nodes involved. Surgery/Chemo/Rad. Treatment finished 5/06. Waiting. Recurrence in lung, Aug07. 6 months Cisplatin/Erbitux. Spots shrinking after 3 Cisplatin tx.
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CT scan was also scheduled for me at three months after completing chemo-radiation. Everything was clear already.

Karen


Karen stage 4B (T3N3M0)tonsil cancer diagnosed in 9/2001.Concurrent chemo-radiation treatment ( XRT x 48 /Cisplatin x 4) ended in 12/01. Have been in remission ever since.
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