OP  "OCF Canuck, across the pond" Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 153 | Thanks folks. Yes, compared to my primary treatment in 2010 this one has been a breeze, probably due to;
1) different treatment, this recent one being primarily chemo with radiation polish rather than the other way around,
2) the chest location vs. the tonsil/throat location of the first one (less sensitive area)
3) related to both 1&2, no need for 'heavy' morphine-like pain medications which may have sent me 'round the bend last time
David, good catch, I'm updated my sig line (limited characters allowed).
Nothing to be done now until late August when I'll get the results of a PET CT scan to check for any residual 'active' cancer, which would be a very bad result as they will not radiate this area any more (they've thrown the book at this one).
47 yr old male non-smoker, social drinker, fit. Jan'10, Stg3 rt tonsil+rt neck SCC, HPV+, rad+chmo Vancouver Cda. 2yr clear Apr'12 London UK. Apr'13 mets recur to lymph btw left lung & aorta, 3x Cisplatin+5FUchemo+20 rad, was all clear but 6-mo PET-CT shows mets to pleura around left lung, participating in St 1 trial of GDC-0980. GDC lost effect and ended July'14, bad atrial fibrillation requiring hospitalisation, start more standard chemo 10 Sep 2014.
Sadly has passed away, notified Jan 2015.
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