Hi Christine,

No, me and my dad are in Hong Kong still, but we are ready to leave any minute as long as John Hopkins say they will take us in.

My dad went and did the chemo yesterday, docetaxel (Taxotere) and carboplatin + Erbitux

Hes not really feeling the side effects yet.

The doctor says that he expects the tumors to shrink ... does anyone know how long before the chemo works? For us its like 3 weeks a cycle.

I also read that some people did induction chemo for 5 days, how come my dad only did it in 1 day ( it was about half the day going through all the chemo meds)


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Care giver to father 61
SCC Tongue T1N2b stage IVA
6/1/12 - Tumor BOT (SCC)
6/10/12 - PET scans show 2 lymph node
6/30/12 - Glossectomy with 2/38 LNs 1cm clear marg
8/22/12 - started chemoRT (poor tolerance to Cisplatin)
10/2012 - 2 rounds of chemo only and RT completed
5/2013 - Upper left neck wounds started breaking down
8/2013 - PET scan shows recurrence and metastasis bottom of neck and possible lung
9/5/2013 - chemo: docetaxel/carboplatin + Erbitux