Ah yes, I remember the flying monkeys! Not as much fun as it sounds.

I'm glad you were able to share my experience (that I got through it and am doing quite well) with your dad. Hopefully that will be at least a small consolation for him.

I've just found out that a long-time family friend, a man in his 60s, has recently been diagnosed with almost exactly what I had and is heading into treatment. I'm starting to really consider that this is an epidemic?

47 yr old male non-smoker, social drinker, fit. Jan'10, Stg3 rt tonsil+rt neck SCC, HPV+, rad+chmo Vancouver Cda. 2yr clear Apr'12 London UK. Apr'13 mets recur to lymph btw left lung & aorta, 3x Cisplatin+5FUchemo+20 rad, was all clear but 6-mo PET-CT shows mets to pleura around left lung, participating in St 1 trial of GDC-0980. GDC lost effect and ended July'14, bad atrial fibrillation requiring hospitalisation, start more standard chemo 10 Sep 2014.
Sadly has passed away, notified Jan 2015.