Doreen, you're right we don't have the luxury at the time we get this news wether it's the first or second time. There is so much information, much of it conflicting. You wonder are the Drs. telling us what we want to hear or what we need to know? I think they fail sometimes with the statistics because we are all individuals and what may work for some may not for others. There are so many variables with these particular diseases. I do know that Drs. try the best they can to increase survival.

When you are the caregiver or the patient this disease becomes your primary job and hopefully, later a maintenance chore.

K.C. had his pet/ct scan yesterday and fortunately nothing has spread it's still a T2N0. He will start with 3-4wks IMRT with chemo (cisplatin 1x wk), and the Brachytherapy (the seed inserts?) not sure how many treatments directly to the tumor area last.

Bless you all

EBJ