Hi Steve:
Glad they found the cause of your shoulder and arm problems -hopefully the medication will work. Yes, side effects suck, and in my case, problems I'm having are blamed on radiation, and I have to beg doctors to do tests for other causes, like a "normal" non-oral-cancer patient might have. That's maddening too. Take care and keep stretching!
julieann


Julieann
Nov 2007 SCC on right tonsil following tonsillectomy. Was smoker, QUIT. (Stage IV T2 N2b) 7 weeks radiation one day/wk chemo (carboplatin and 5-FU). Allergic to Taxol; PEG in, lost 30 lbs. TX completed January 2008. PEG out mid- 2008. PET/CT 1/17/2011;2/3/12 NEGATIVE for cancer smile