I think I love all of you already! I got home from work as quickly as I could today, and, as I was afraid, he hasn't been able to eat much. His stomach is distended and he feels too bloated to eat .... maybe its all the liquid he is drinking???
Gary, he's Stage IV; T1N2bM0. The treatment plan calls for Cisplatin 3 or 4 X followed by 2 weeks after each infusion of 1650 mg of Xeloda. The doctor said they may begin radiation after the second round of chemo....surgery to follow.
What anti-anxiety meds did you take? I think he's already depressed - he runs his own company, and he is the top sales producer, so he has his own inner stress that I can't help calm.
Mark, I love reading your survival score! That cheers me (and him) immensely. After seeing what some of you - like Minnie, for example - have gone through, I am thinking how 'lucky' we are!
Thanks, Ed, for the encouraging words on regaining weight...that is helpful.
I'm off to the druggist (again)!
God love you all. We'll be adding all of you to our daily prayers smile
Nicki

Nicki, wife of Thomas
dx July 2004, SCC, Stage 4 Tonsil. Tx begun 8/4/04. Cisplatin/Xeloda x 4; IMRT 7 wks, 8/7 - 10/25/04 Modified Radical Dissection (right), Selective Dissection (Left) 12/10/04.