"OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 453 | We were lucky with machine breakdowns. It only happened once and there were 3 other working machines so Steve was just switched to another machine. He did miss one treatment due to being hospitalised with an infection but they made sure they made it up on the last day with 2 doses, 6 hours apart.
Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone No surgery Teeth removed 06/07/2009 radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin last TX 28/08/2009 25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity. 08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR 03/03/2010-Peg removed 01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap. 23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue 01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed 01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.
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