Sally

Remember how comfortable you felt with your MO's opinion that radiation would work. On the bright side, on All Saints Day, let me give you some horror stories about Erbitux that you will not have to worry about.
what if your reaction to Erbitux was like mine? It would be very upsetting to watch all the skin flake away from your face and neck and not regrow to the point where you need gauze bandages to staunch the bleeding. Oh and those bandages need to be changed twice daily even though it's painful and pulls off even more skin.
Or if you had ever been hiking in a Southern state and had gotten bitten by a seed tick, your first Erbitux infusion could have triggered a massive allergic attack that required immediate medical intervention (did not happen to me, but to others here on OCF and well documented)
So maybe you were very lucky
Charm


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13