I would love to thank every single one of you individually but I just am swamped today with work and my brother. So I thought I would respond to all of you.. Thank you all so much for the wonderful advice. Your advice has made me
So happy and during the most difficult time of our lives i thank god that I met
All of you wonderful people.

My beother went to the ER yesterday morning because he couldn't tolerate the pain anymore. They wanted to release him but my mom (one tough lady) demanded that he stays there overnight as the dilauid pain medication helped him a lot. He hasn't slept in days as he would wake up every 10 mins from
The phelm in his mouth. We were sent a suction machine that he was using. He finally got some sleep yesterday. The radiation dovtor had him skip his radiation yesterday and today.

This morning he got his peg tube In. frown
He has done 2 big bags of cisplatin but he is set on skipping the third. I know many people have skipped the 3rd. Should I worry if he skips the third?

Last edited by ak123; 10-21-2014 08:56 AM.
22 YO Brother Dx 6/17/14 w. SCC R Lateral tongue
CT scan clear LN 6/20/14
HPV-, non-smoker
R tongue, right hemiglossectomy Surgery 6/24/14
(Not reoccurrence but went to NCCC instead
R neck dissection, tracheostomy, radial free flap, R tongue dissection surg 8/11/14
PT1N2B.3 positive lymph nodes out of 13
Extranodal extension present
9-15-14 IMRT (35x) & Cisplatin (2x) begun
10-21-14 peg in. 10-31-14 1 round of carboplatin
11-4-14 IMRT rx comp
3-27-15 Recurrent tumor in lymph node, L neck diss.
10-29-15 brother passed away, 23 yrs old