Paul

Sounds like an excellent plan and well thought out. Congratulations on going above and beyond as 110 GY is even more than my 97GY so definitely an issue with two neck surgeries. Although I personally am leery about Erbitux since it failed me so spectacularly. My advice is IF you do not develop the acne rash (the skin dermatitis does not count) quickly, ask Dr. Harrison to consider another chemo option. My understanding is that outside of the acne rash, there is no way to determine if your genes let the Erbitux work (unlike the genetic KRAS test for colon cancer patients to see if Erbitux would work for them). Everyone is waiting for the clinical trials results comparing Erbitux to platinum but we don't have them yet.
I love my Vitamix as it lets me eat the same dinners as my wife each night through my feeding tube. Wow, we thought we were the only ones who had given up sugar over 20 years ago. Seemed so unfair that exercising, eating healthy mostly vegetarian, etc etc did not protect us from this cancer
Stay strong
Charm

Last edited by Charm2017; 07-18-2012 05:14 PM. Reason: typos

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