thanks david. i appreciate you being upfront and honest about what may be to come. i know theres a long road ahead.

He's going to begin chemo (Cisplatin) beginning January 4th. He'll receive 7-8 weeks of treatments once a week (on Mondays). he'll receive radiation 5x a week during the chemo treatment- is this similar to what you had? is this a normal duration of treatment, longer, or shorter than typical?

we have our wedding planned for mid september 2010. he wanted us to go ahead and book the date, because he felt it was not best to wait for him to get better to plan something. but we are waiting to officially announce it until he's at least midway through his radiation and chemo treatments. do drs typically have a better understanding of how things are going while doing the treatments, or do we need to wait until they are over to get the best decision? we want him to be OK for our wedding and told him we would reschedule it if it meant he would be there and comfortable.