Thanks Gloria.

Looks like my dad will no longer be a surgical candidate.... The plan to shrink the tumor then do surgery fell apart after the docetaxel and carboplatin failed.... A scan yesterday showed that the cancer has travelled to a part n the pelvic bone...doctor says its a small pigment only....but the tumor on left chin and center chest has shrunk significantly...

Doc has switched us to carboplatin + 5FU + Erbitux

Says that we can use rad to kill the spot in pelvic area... But right now thinks the chemo is better as can hit body wide.

Anyone had chemo wipe everything from their body? I hear its hard for head n neck cancers....

I was really out of it after hearing the news....but now I'm back in the fight...I wonder why we can't do chemo and rt the rest at the same time? Doctor thinks t too much for my dad....but if its better shouldn't we try???

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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