It's not easy, and one of the hardest treatments they say to do. I was fine until I arrived home on the 6th day, and then went straight to the ER by ambulance. I was 48, exercised my whole life, and didn't think anything could knock me down, not even cancer. I was wrong, and this treatment wasn't for me, and went into septic shock, lost 100 pounds, plus a host of other illnesses, which hospitalized me for 6 month, paralyzed from waist down for 10 requiring to go to a nursing home, and now blind in one eye. Actually, I did not even know what chemo I was getting lol, but I'm still here 3 years later, and who knows what would have happened otherwise, and was not debilited by any surgeiries, except for the neck dissections. In retropsect, I would not do it again, and have not fully recovered yet, and my local oncologists, not my treatment doctor who I never went back too, said it was too much chemo. I know others who went though this with no problems, minus a hospitization or two lol, so everyone is different. Good luck with your decision. It's still good if you have choices.


10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs