Thanks for the responses. I trust the doctors, but really trust the patient experience as well. My tumor is down from 4 cm to less than 2 cm (rough guestimate of final size by the MO).

The last of the cisplatin is in now. Getting the hydration and then on to the last radiation treatment.

Very happy to be finishing, but the big celebration is still to come.


Oropharyngeal Cancer, SCC, HPV 16+, stage IV T1N2b age 45
Started in my tonsils and spread to my lymph nodes
Cisplatin x3 with concurrent daily radiation treatments started 10/22/13 finished 12/6/2013