Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 109 | My kidneys and liver did well, thankfully, but my last chemo session was dropped. My medical oncologist, the one who recommended chemo in the first place, said that I was beaten up enough by treatments and could skip the last chemo. My blood work was fine throughout, but I was just so exhausted and in so much pain that I didn't even put up a fight.
38 yo@dx, female, non-smoker, non-drinker, SCC right lateral tongue. T2N2aMx stage IVa; 1/20/09 bilateral neck dissection, hemiglossectomy, micromets in 2 right nodes, left all clear. 33xIMRT + 3 cisplatins. Tx completed 5/08/09. PET scan 7/29/09 clear, 5/26/10 clear, chest x-ray 5/23/11 clear
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