My boyfriend George woke up one day with a swollen gland -went to doc-had it removed-came back as cystic squamous cell carcinoma. then had biopsys from esophagus and up to find the primary site. Found very eary stage 1 in tonsil area (his tonsils were removed as a kid). his pet came back clean that is why they did the biopsy scopes. he is now getting 35 radiation treaments and Erbitux/cisplatin every thursday for 7 weeks. they are not blasting him with the usual 2 huge doses once every 3 weeks. because he has 50% hearing loss in his rite ear and the Cisplatin can make it worse so they found that the small doses make it better.no neck dissection.His oncologist, RO, ear nose and throat oncologist and another oncologist all said that it was treatable and curable. my question is, is that the truth? Do they really tell you the best and worst case senerio? Does anyone out there have the same thing? I have been reading everyone 's
posts and everyone seems to be more informed than us . I did post a great treament for a SEVERE reaction from Erbitux on the treatment page that the doc gave george that kept him from quitting all treatment. he went for his second round of chemo yesterday and we have our fingers crossed that these meds can overide this nasy poisen he is getting.
best wishes to everyone and sorry for rambling,
jayann (CG)