Thanks for the responses everyone. I really do appreciate your time.
The cancer care center that is helping me does not have an ENT on staff. My initial ENT surgical oncologist did not communicate with the center. So I have dropped that person and will use the guidance of my second opinion ENT surgical oncologist. The second opinion doctor has been more thorough and helpful. Plus the doctor has communicated well with me and the chemo oncologist and the radiation oncologist that I will now be using.
Even after losing a month of comprehensive treatment, the Erbitux has localized the tumors and has even reduced their size slightly. I should be starting IMRT radiation within 2 weeks.
Most likely 6.5 weeks of therapy and I am considering using cisplatin in place of the Erbitux. For all the bad things I have heard about the toxicity of cisplatin the written info seems to say that only about 10% of patients have problems with it. I am sorry that I do not have the source info for that statement.
Take care everyone.
Steve