We met with all the doctors at Cleveland Clinic yesterday. The game plan is for Ken to get his simulation, blood work, etc. next week, and then begin treatment on Oct. 25. He will be in the hospital for the first 5 days, chemo and radiation simultaneously, followed by 6 more weeks of radiation, with another week of chemo somewhere in there. His radiology oncologist doesn't feel IMRT is appropriate due to the size of the tumor and the lymph node involvement--says he thinks there would be too big a risk of reoccurrence. The Clinic is 90 minutes from us, a lot of driving, I know, but I am more than willing. The doctors say the last half of treatment, he might want to stay at Hope Lodge (a facility for cancer-treatment patients) as they don't think he will be able to do the 90 minute drives. For some reason, this is bothering him more than anything else. Anyone have any experience with this?
(No teeth are being pulled--thanks for the good advice!)
Wish us luck...