hey everyone,
just thought i would send an update. i realize i now likely fall into the "in treatment" forum but it seems to make more sense to just continue the convo with those of you who have already responded to me along the way from when i first started posting in november.
future FIL is doing well. he is tired a lot, but i think its good for him to sleep. trach and peg are still in, he is in his third week of radiation and chemo. hes been getting chemo 1x per week and rad the other 5 days. i visited last weekend and he was in good spirits, just tired a lot. sometimes he falls asleep while you are talking to him. is this normal??? i know this is very tolling on the body so i would rather him sleep and recover. due to the surgery he has no movement on the one side of his face. it is very swollen, but has decreased significantly since the surgery. ive been told it wont go down any more until facial reconstruction.
our wedding is planned for september, i am hoping everything is going to go OK.

after the rad/chemo rounds end, how long does the team of dr's wait to do a PET scan?


*KATIE*
future FIL dx with s4 SCC in jaw11/09 15 hour surg/trach/PEG in. 7 weeks of cisplatin/rads. 6/10- cancerous lung nodule- 1 wk of radiation. 8/13 pneumonia. 8/24 pulmonary embolism, on ventillator. 9/3/10 died peacefully w/o pain with family. 9/17/10 my wedding