I am so sorry that you have needed to come to this board. I am the caregiver for my husband and we are from Miami. We plan to head home on Tuesday after treatment at MD. I am sorry or paths won't cross, but feel free to email me at any time. This board has been invaluable to me. We came to MD for one day in January 11,after making the rounds to Sloan Kettering and Beth Isreal. We went home to make a decision and decided on MD,returned January 16 and 17 for tests, began weekly flights for chemo January 22 for six weeks of paxitaxol and carboplatin. My husband has base of toungue SCC with two nodes on the same side. He is 56 a non smoker, casual drinker. He went thru chemo fine, Thursdays-Sundays a bit more tired some aches and pains, no nausea. We moved to a great apartment complex 7 minutes from MD March 5 for 30IMRT treatments and weekly Erbitux. The last five days he had a second Proton treatment just to the nodes. Surgeon Dr Weber, Chemo Dr Kies, Radiation Dr Rosenthal. Email me directly if I can be of assistance and I'll send my phone number. Our prayers and thoughts are with you. We had wonderful care here in Houston and as much as we wanted to be home were glad we came here.