Hi All,
Thanks to the Counsellor, we are getting a new RO. Gordon is 3 1/2 weeks in and has yet to lose any weight.
Thanks to David 2 for the offer of the viscous lidocaine - we do have some on hand. David 2, where was your primary site? Gordon's is HPV 16 related.
Biggest difficulty is getting Gordon to use new medication. His mouth pain has just now increased after the cisplatin last week, and he's dragging his heels about using the tylenol 3 (worried about constipation, has a bad internal hemorrhoid etc.). I'm trying to convince him that pain control is our priority and the T3 will likely take care of any pain from the other end (oh, the irony) and we can deal with the constipation anyway. OCPC types are very hard to convince of anything!
Anne

Anne - CG to Gordon (59), non-smoker/non-drinker. SCC, BOT, HPV 16+, stage 3. Jan./10 - radical neck dissection to remove 48 lymph nodes, 1 node pos. Apr. 23/10 - finished 35 rad. and 3 cisplatin. Jul. 22/10 - PET scan clear.