I'm in Los Altos (Silicon Valley) about 40 miles north of San Francisco.

Don't quite remember, but pretty one of the doctors said that the original cancer cells were HPV+

My Radiation Doctor called be and said that "surgery was the way they did things 50 years ago" and he said that he would do everything in his power to help me solve this without surgery.

He recommends brachytherapy and he has talked with the foremost expert, Dr. Jeffrey Demanes who is now at the UCLA Medical Center. (DOES this qualify as a CCC?)
My Radiation Doctor is sending my records to Dr. Demanes.

Apparently they will insert catheters directly into the tumor through my neck to administer high-dose radiation directly into the tumor for several minutes each day for 6-10 days in the hospital at UCLA Medical Center.

Currently they are thinking of treating me with cisplatin before the brachytherapy starts, since the original treatment was with Erbitux and the tumor has not yet been exposed to cisplatin.

Not clear about other options especially to lessen the cisplatin impact/dose.
Likely to be getting a new PET-CT scan next week and *maybe* starting Chemo.