Hi all --

Back from Hopkins yet again (reminds of when I worked in Baltimore, you sort of start driving by instinct through all those little streets) -- A long day starting with blood draw, including a LOT for an HPV study going on there, then the "chemo class" they give to everyone starting chemotherapy, then long meeting with physician's assistant for info specific to Barry's treatment, then a long seesion making appointments to mesh everything with radiation times, then another blood draw to do PTT etc. for gastric tube insertion in about 12 days. Anyway, it now seems to be in place. Whew! We now have about 10 days to relax and we are going to try to get away!

Kind of tired now so going to sign off and kick back -- I can't afford to get sick. myself...

Thanks, Gail

CG to husband Barry, dx. 7/21/05, age 66, SCC rgt. tonsil, BOT, 2 nodes (stg. IV), HPV+, tonsillectomy, 7x carboplatin, 35x tomoTherapy IMRT w/ Ethyol @ Johns Hopkins, thru treatment 9/28/05, HPV vaccine trial 12/06-present. Looking good!