Kelly,
Like Tom mine wasn't operable either so I had ct/IMRT and am also a 3 year survivor with a "complete response" and minimal negative effects. Mine was a stage III/IV because of the size and slight invasision of the soft palate (moderately well differentiated). It doesn't necessarily mean it has spread to bone. You would have to give us all of the TMN information, that staging alone doesn't tell the whole story. Base of tongue cancers typically have a 25% chance of node involvement, which is much lower than other forms of oral cancer.

Hardly anybody makes it through Amofostine so don't feel too badly about that - it's worse than most ct. I think I can count about 2 or 3 people here who got through the entire treatment.