I agree. Its important to have trust and faith in doctors. We are meeting with the RO director on Monday...hoping to get good news. My dad was originally against a second round of chemo as someone referred to the side effects as "devastating."

Since his doctor is away, we dont know too much about the skin metastases. What i do know is that he has several little pimples where his trache used to be and by his ND incision on the right side (which apparently had a heavily involved lymph node).

By your post Paul I am assuming you only had one pimple in your skin that was removed? Doesnt seem like thats an option for us due to the big area he has it on. Do your scans show that your skin is now clear? I hope you dont mind the questions....i just havent found anyone else on here that has experienced this.



Caregiver to father
DX:4/14 Surgery:5/14 resection, ND
TX: 33 IMRT complete 9/14
Scan: 10/14, suspicious area tongue & neck.
Biopsy confirmed SCC BOT 2nd Primary, right lateral tongue.
11/14: surgery partial glossectomy, pec flap, trach, NG tube, ND
12/14: debridement surgery, small area removed for clear margins
12/14: biopsy positive for SCC dermal metastasis
1/15: chemo: erbitux, taxol and carboplatin
3/15: 5FU, Erbitux
8/15: enrolled in PD-1 Immunotherapy
9/15: Heaven got a new angel <3