You don't have to let me know the dosage, was just curious. There is more to it than just the dosage amount, including surface area, fractions, etc, and have to be wizard to figure it all out, and I hate math lol. I got the rash, wasn't that bad on my face, and took minocycline, but the rest of the body had pimples that were itchy like on the top of my head, arms, legs, and back, for a few months. I caught an eye infection, probably with Taxotere, but Erbitux can cause them too. I was worried cause I'm blind in one eye already, either directly or indirectly from chemo. My Opthomologist gave me corticosteroid cream to put on it, and cleared.

There is no guarantee any treatment will work. It's not geared individually, yet, so it's the same for everyone, although we are all different. Erbitux may not work in 5% percent in head and neck cancer. It's more in colon cancer where it's 40% due to kras gene mutation, which they test for before Tx, and if they have the mutation, Erbtitux is not given. There is no such test for head and neck cancer. Many other factors are involved too. Just take it one day at a time, and see what the doctors have say is the next step, but do educate yourself, but don't dwell on what you could have, should have, would have done. Even if everything was perfect, things happen beyond you and your doctors control.

Good luck.


10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs