Hi piemetoo

Welcome to the site. This is a bit off-topic from your original question, but I noticed you said you were driving 1 1/2 hours for appointments and that those trips were grueling.

I did the same thing when I underwent radiation treatments in December and January. The last few weeks were pretty rough on me, and my nurses worked with the American Cancer Society to get me hotel rooms for the week so I didn't have to make that drive daily. They (ACS) paid for everything, saving us a lot of headaches. You might want to check into that.

Tongue cancer (SCC), diagnosed Oct. 2003 (T2 N0 M0). Surgery to remove tumor. IMRT Radiation 30x in Dec 2003 - Jan. 2004. Recurrence lymph node - radical neck dissection June 2004. Second round of rad/chemo treatments ended Sept. 2004.