I am kicking myself for not insisting on a 2nd opinion right at the start. Maybe drive to Chicago and find a large center there. The chemo doctor claims that this has been his plan from the start, but it was the 1st time we were informed of it. That's what's upsetting, we were told that his chemo would be given concurrently with the radiation. I even found a document last night from the physicians assistant in Jeff's file (given to us yesterday by our radiation nurse) saying the patient had been informed that he had received his last chemo infusion! Also one of Jeff's chemo nurses told him that sometimes they can go a year or more with no oral cancer patients, then they can get 2 or 3 in a row. I wish I felt more confident in the plan.


Laurie- CG to husband Jeff age 50: Stage III floor of mouth/BOT T3N1M0
Dx -1/18/13 Full dental extraction-1/24/13 1st PEG-1/30/13
2nd PEG-2/9/13 Tx start-2/13/13 weekly carboplatin/taxol and IMRT -
3rd PEG-2/15/13