Hi Liz,

Your friend's treatment sounds similar o mine. I had almost the same chemo. I started and ended with 5fu over 4.5 days. I don't want to be a downer, but my sores started 5 days after 5fu. That was October 11, 2004. I couldn't eat until January 29th, 2005. I used my peg tube for the 3+ months. The only thing that could pass through my mouth were very small sips of water through a straw. The 5fu and radiation destroyed my mouth for a very long time. We all react differently to 5fu, but it is very nasty but very effective.

Steve

SCC, base of tongue, 2 lymph nodes, stage 3/4. 35 X's IMRT radiation, chemo: Cisplatin x 2, 5FU x2, & Taxol x2. Hooray, after 3 years I'm in still in remission.