thanks for the article. fingers triple crossed.

its only been like 4 days... but my dad is not taking too well to the 3 drug mixture... he says its giving him a feeling of chest pressure and coughing more...

its only his first cycle... out of possibly 4

sighhh


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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