It has been a while since I last posted on this forum. I finally finished radiation at the end of February. I was given the maximum dosage of 7700 and had about 40 treatments. They put me on a 5 week break from chemotherapy (Cisplatin) and on Monday I start again, with Taxotere and 5-FU thrown into the mix. I'll have the 5-FU connected to my port until Friday and then I'll be on a two week break. I'll go through that cycle two more times and then I'm done.

It was a long, long winter. I never ended up taking anything for pain. Everything made me nauseous, so I slept a lot and watched a ton of tv. I'm glad that phase is over.

From what I hear and have read on this forum, this chemo mix is tough, but I already know tough, so bring it on and let's kill every last cancer cell in my body!

10/2/12 Surgery Dx Stage II SCC RLT
11/12/12 Further tongue resec and SND. 3 of 22 lymph + SCC Stage IVa
11/22/12 Hospitalized for infection incision at neck
12/5/13 PET scan tumor at BOT
12/26/12-2/27/13 RT and Cisplatin
4/1/13-5/17/13 3 rounds of Cisplatin, Taxotere and 5-FU
7/19/13 Pet Scan possible recurrence
8/23/13 2nd op at MSKCC, CT Scan
8/31/13 MRI. Both show sizeable mass
9/11/13 CT-guided needle BX + SCC
10/1/13 Erbitux, Cisplatin and Taxotere
2/14/14 Passed away