Charles, you got a lot of great advice. I want to add that I had rads and chmo (cisplatin). The chemo does increase the side effects of rads, but I had not nausea with chemo. I did make sure I took my nause meds as prescribed and did not wait for the nausea to come on before taking them. I did have a bad time with the radiation, but here I sit almost 4 month post treatment and can eat almost anything if it is moist enough. My cancer was not due to HPV. and it was a reccurrence and was told that if I had, had rads and chemo the first time, I may not have had to deak with it a second time. Who really ever knows with this stuff. I say all that to say I would go with the most aggressive approach in hopes that you do not have to deal with it a second time. You will recover, you many not thinks in the middle of treatment, but let me be a testimony that recovery does happen. Anyone on this board can tell you that if recovery happened for my it can happen for anyone.