Good Luck Michael !

I had an encouraging day at Hopkins today, as well ---excellent consults with Dr. Forastiere and Dr. Lee (med onc and rad onc, respectively) and feel much better about my condition and treatment. I just need to make some more decisions about chemo drugs -- pros and cons re side effects, etc. I would like to avoid more hearing loss so they are cautious about cisplatin for me, for example.

What is great about a center like Hopkins (or Sloan or Anderson) is that the doctors work together and actually talk to each other. For example, we went in to see Lee he had already been briefed by Dr. Forastiere about my hearing issues and other QOL concerns and had already formulated plans to address these.

Keep us up to date on your progress and I will do the same for mine.

Barry