Billy,

Is your cancer base of tongue or on oral tongue?

Keep your spirits up for the approach of Monday! Look at it as suiting up to take on and slay the dragon. Think of that radiation as the offending weapon that will overcome the disease and look forward to it every single day. Go in there anxious each day knowing that you are zapping a little more life out of the cancer every time you get onto that table. That is the best way to approach it. Look at the chemo treatment pretty much the same way except think of it as a means of enhancing the radiation as an added punch to the attack on the cancer.

Based on my personal experience, pay close attention to any ear ringing noticed after first round of Cisplatin. This was one of the side effects I was told to look out for and to report immediately if noticed. I did notice it and now 8 months later still have the ringing. I was switched to another blend of chemo right away. I can't tell that I have any actual hearing loss or damage other than the ringing.

Bill D.