Your docs have chosen an aggressive and proven treatment plan for you. Many of the bigger institutions are adding Erbitux to the mix that you are getting. Monoclonal antibodies like Erbitux, while not designed to kill the cancer, do prevent the cells from replicating. This allows the other treatments like chemo and rad to do their work in a very efective manner. It is an FDA approved drug for head and neck cancer, but it is not used as a monotherapy (by itself). I wish you a fast an uneventful trip through treatments. Things will seem pretty easy till about week three.... that's where everyone starts hitting the wall. But in your case you will be halfway there at that point in time, and you can start counting down instead of up as you track your remaining days in treatment.