Hi Heidi

How are you and your mom doing? Any update on the next steps? I read a lot about electro chemotherapy and it's had some great results, especially in the UK. It is considered palliative although I'm not sure why. It has quite a high success rate. Maybe it's to keep cancer at bay? Not sure. If you learn about it please let me know. I've been meaning to ask my dads MO about it just to have in the back burner just in case but I don't want to cause anxiety in my dad by talking about other treatments. Last week our hospital sent the original rumors out for research to see which treatments and drugs it may respond to. Is this something your hospital offers? Might be worth asking about.

I'm hoping your mom is doing well. You mentioned a scan...has that happened yet? Hope things are stable! My dad had a break from chemo last week because his rash was so bad he was placed on antibiotics but they say an Erbitux rash is good news so can't be disappointed there. His counts were starting to drop so they said skip a week until they go up and his rash can get better. Prayers and well wishes for you and your mom!



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