OP "OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 453 | Thanks Christine. We're getting through it one day at a time. He's had 4 doses of chemo and is having a full cycle break before the remaining two. He doesn't have a peg this time and is extremely thin. The side effects from the chemo have been very tough. I think his remaining 2 cycles will be a 25% reduced dose to help get him to the end. From there he will go to immunotherapy if chemo hasn't been successful. It does help that we've been down this road before but at the same time it doesn't if that makes sense. Having prior knowledge is a good thing but not a good thing in some ways. But he's beaten the odds before so I hope he can do it again.
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Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone No surgery Teeth removed 06/07/2009 radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin last TX 28/08/2009 25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity. 08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR 03/03/2010-Peg removed 01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap. 23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue 01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed 01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.
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