Week 2 is complete. Maintained my weight and have used pain meds minimally. Hydration is still 60 to 100 ounces a day. Thrush in my throat was confirmed Friday and and a new drug fluconazole added to the mix. So I keep swallowing as painful as it is. Have to aggressively feed myself as taste is disappearing. Rash from Erbitux is spreading around my face and neck and chest. Next week we shoot for the halfway mark. seems like the symptoms are much earlier than I expected. But I will persevere through.

Age 55 HPV 16+ SCC, BOT 050613 Stage IV
great team at OSU
Tx 6 weeks of rad started June 3
8 weeks of chemo started May 28
RTOG Phase III trial Cetuximab group.
Treatment completed 7/16/2013
PET Scan completed 10/08/13
Results discussed 10/11/13
NED - Free but am I
Next part of the journey?
1year PET 10/24/14 NED
Good reports now 10 years out.