Chris,

Welcome to the neighborhood! I, too, has Cisplatin and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy, UNLESS, he is going through radiation for SCC! You need every possible thing in your favor to beat this horrible beast. I HAD hep C, too, and just finished the Interferon/Ribavirin treatment when the cancer was diangosed. I have been undetectable since May 2002 except on my last blood draw it appears to have resurfaced. The doctor has said either I am the first known case to reappear after being undetectable for almost 3 years or something interfered with the test. I guess I will know in the next couple of weeks. I really expected the stress of chemo and radiation to trigger a relapse but to my surprise it didn't (or hasn't until they can prove otherwise).

Best wishes for you and your upcoming treatment plan. It may not be easy but it has been done by many before you.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023