I got a little ahead of myself when I said we were at 19, it was actually 14 and today was 15 and round 2 of chemo. He was not overweight to begin with 6'3" and 209, but in the past week he has lost 10 pounds. They called the dietician in again today to talk to us and I think it is sinking in a little. He drank 2 ensure, one carnation breakfast and ate almost an entire grilled chicken sandwich with extra mayo. smile He also found today that Mt. Dew tastes better than anything in a long time. The doctor is going to give him a new pain medicine tomorrow that he can take as needed instead of one that is on all the time. All in all it was a pretty good day. He was very sick in between radiation and chemo, but said he felt a lot better by the time they started the chemo. Thanks for all of the tips and support! The radiation nurse gave his number to a couple of guys who have been through it so they can call and encourage him....maybe a little pep talk.


CG to husband, SCC TxN2bM0, stage 3, diag 9/17/07, modified neck disection same day. Started 33 radiation treatments on October 23 also doing chemo (Cisplatin).