Hi all, rather than start a new thread, I'm posting my latest sitrep here.

First, the SIRIspheres seem to have done the job; when I had my PET followup however, we found that a lone lymph node (I wonder if that would make a good title for a TV show... but I digress) which had shown "hot" at the time we discovered that the Xeloda was no longer working, had grown from .2cm to nearly 4 cm, and decided to eliminate that with focused beam radiation.

This node is about mid-way between the lower left of the liver and the stomach. The nausea is not as bad as the first go-round as there's no Cisplatin involved, but being in the middle of all the digestive appratus, it'll do until the real thing comes along (no, that's not a request for the "real thing".)

In a couple of hours, I'll drive in to Pensacola for my 10th (of 14) zapping.

Warm regards to all,

Bart

My intro: http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post163644

09/09 - Dx OC Stg IV
10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad
11/09 - PET CLEAN
07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver)
06/12 - PET CLEAN
09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver)
04/13 - PET CLEAN
06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node)
10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective
11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres
02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node
03/15 - Begin 15 Rads
03/24 - Final Rad! Woot!
7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!