Stoj,
Your MO may come to that conclusion as well. It is a question that is certainly worth raising. Tom had the ringing, too, at times it was so intense he would just hold up his hand and stop talking or interupt me, because he couldn't hear anything else but the ringing.

I so admire folks like you that do this treatment so far from "home." As if this road wasn't difficult or stressful enough, you have to cope with being so far away from familiar surroundings. You said "we," so it sounds like you have someone with you to keep you company. My husband, Tom, began treatment just as we relocated. We were living in a Residence Inn when he had his first surgery! We can already look back on that and laugh, and are thankful for how quickly the time has passed since then--3.5 months.

Joyce

CG to Tom dx SCC 5/06; right neck lymph nodes removed, dx right tonsil and tonsillectomy 6/06; rad and chemo started 7/06; treatment COMPLETED 9/06 33x rad; Erbitux (8x); Cisplatin (2);