Pete --

That's about the average -- actually, better than average -- number of treatments of amifostine that Hopkins rad patients can tolerate, per our RO -- most get some sort of lingering nausea or generalized rash (like you did) about 3-4 weeks in. Nevertheless, both our RO and our dental oncologist feel that even an abbreviated course of Ethyol helps. Barry, who took it all the way through, skipped one day a week from the beginning (chemo day) and in last three weeks (of 7), he also skipped Fridays as he was having more post-chemo nausea if he took amifostine (but none if he didn't). I think he ended up having 24-25 Ethyol treatments out of 33 radiations -- and everyone seems to think his salivary function came through very well, although of course not in same league as before the radiation.

Hopefully it will work for you as well! Hang in there, you are past the half-way point!

Gail