I wanted to update all on my initial thread. It's been a while because:
- I had a placental abruption in my 29th week of pregnancy. My daughter was born weighing 2lbs 4.5 ozs
- My Dad received chemo and had a clear PET scan on january 2014 around the time I got my baby out of the NICU
- We were ecstatic needless to say about the clear PET scan, but oncologist decided to keep him on maintenance chemo (Erbitux)
- follow up PET scan April 2014 showed it is back! very upsetting since the chemo didn't help
- ENT said it was operable had surgery scheduled for June 9, 2014 and as they put him under they noticed discolored tissue in nose area, did a biopsy and showed cancerous cells, cancelled surgery, so now it has grown into his nose
- We were devastated! Sent to a Radiation Oncologist & Medical Oncologist, treatment is now to re-irradiate the area for 35 treatments and chemo once a week for those 7 weeks
-I'm trying to stay positive but it's very hard! The good thing is he wants to keep fighting and is willing to do anything
- We feel that we don't have time to go to another center, so we are staying with this center in Georgia

Last edited by Connie Cruz; 06-12-2014 11:17 AM.
Caregiver along with my mother to my Father
SCC 12/2012 age 63
25 rad end 2/2013
10 rad end 7/2013
9/19 recur. Stage IV
not a candidate for surgery
more chemo 10/2013
Clear PET 01/2014
cancer back on PET 04/2014
not operable MET to nose
at a NCCN
35 Rad start 06/23/14
Chemo every week during Rad for 7 weeks