Amy, Nelie, Gary and Cathy,
Thank you for your responses.

Things have changed for my mother since yesterday.
She got a phone call from her RO to come in earlier today. She was planning on having them do what I think they call the dry run, day before treatment starts. Instead they fitted her for another mask. They are setting her up for the IMRT. The RO is going to call her tomorrow and talk to her. He was in surgery today so she did not get to speak directly to him. He is planning on calling her on Thurs. to talk to her.
Anyhow she won't start for 2 more weeks because they send everything up to the main CCC in Cleveland to have things checked or set up (I'm not quite sure). I think they do the initial set up.
I don't know what changed his mind about the treatment. I will find out tomorrow.
I don't know if they can just treat one side with IMRT or how that works. Or if he is going to do both sides or what. Gary or Nelie do you know about the IMRT if you can treat just one side or is it set up to do both sides. I am confused about this. I don't know much about IMRT.
Does anybody know when they do IMRT can they just treat one side, or does it treat your entire mouth and both sides of neck???
Cathy, I am glad to hear you are doing so well. That is great. Did you have both sides of your tongue and neck treated? Or did they just do one side???
I have read so many people's stories about radiation on this website. It gets to be overwhelming at times.
I am not sure why they are deciding to do IMRT now. I remember the first visit with the RO he talked about doing IMRT on my mother but was undecided at that first visit.
I don't really know which one is best for her. That is for the DR.'s to decide.
I just hope that the IMRT has less side effects.

Amy I see that you are a caregiver. Was it your husband who had SCC? Where was his cancer??I see that he had IMRT also. Any lymph node involvement? And did he have both sides of neck treated with IMRT?
Sorry for all the questions. I am just trying to learn more about IMRT.
I will keep you all updated.
Any information is greatly appreciated.
Michelle