Paul, my husband has pretty much the same cancer and location as yours. He will be finishing is last 2 rads of 35 on Tues. I just want to wish you well and tell you to just concentrate on each day. Don't look ahead, just stay in the moment. The days do start to pass before you know it. I honestly can't believe we are nearly done with treatment. My husband only got in 2 cisplatins, couldn't complete the third because his labs weren't good enough. He got nasty hiccups with both chemos. His lasted 2 days and then just stopped. He felt crummy pretty much the whole week of chemo but always started to rebound a bit by the weekend. Make sure you stay on schedule with the Zofran or whatever anti-nauseas you may be on. Even if you don't feel nauseous, take them on schedule. They work much better that way. We learned that the hard way.

I'm glad you are underway with your treatment and keep up that sunny disposition. It truly goes a long way.

Carol


Carol
Husband diagnosed SCC BoT 4a-June 4, 2014
Mets bilateral lymph nodes
HPV positive
Tx started June 23, 2014
Blood clot in cephalic vein of right arm after first chemo
2x Cisplatin (hopefully getting in 3rd)
35 IMRT (hopefully complete on Aug. 12)
third Cisplatin cancelled
Last day of treatment Aug. 12, 2014
PET scan Nov. 10-NED (some PT inflammation)