Shawna,

I agree with Dave on the Support Group issue. I wish Rod would have been able to find one with people close to his own age (38).He found one in his area but he was pretty young compared to everyone else there. Was looking for people in his age group who was dealt the same crappy hand as him.Anyway I would suggest it to Dad & see what he thinks. Also the shrinkage, I believe that can happen, Rod was 1 week into rad. & one dose of chemo and his nodes that were visibily swollen went down about 75%. So I would guess thats a good thing! I was the same as you, read everything I could get my hands on concerning SCC and I think I was more afraid than Rod who kept his eyes & ears closed. He just did what the doctors said & everything else scared him so he didn't want to hear it, sometimes I think thats the way to go..lol!Also when I was having a bad day,I would just visit the forum & read the "survivor stories" only...it helped! Take care of you too! God bless~Hugs~Maureen