Excellent ideas!

Radiation starts next Monday. We are all nervous, but I am just amazed at how my brother has handled this.

It seems as if the first 2-3 weeks might be relatively easy compared to the later weeks. He will be done on Dec 21, so I hope the New Year will bring the best for him and everyone else on this board. One of the hard things for him to do was to give up playing Santa Claus at our family party on Christmas Eve. Some of the kids still believe and he's been doing it for 10+ years.

Another question is now vexing me ... we have planned a schedule for people to take him to radiation and to stay overnight with him. What about during the day? Should we be telling people to plan to stay after radiation? I fully realize that the final decision will be Joe's, but if this might be a day-long commitment, I want to make sure that people know what they are getting into.

Thanks,
Jean


* Root for Joe *
Sister of Joe (43, non-smoker/chewer; occ. drinker). Mouth problem 3/07. Diag with Stage I 6/07. Diag with Stage IV 9/07. In EPOC at Univ of Chicago. Cisplatin/cetuximab 1/wk x 8. Then, IMRT 5x/wk x 7 and weekly chemo. Done 12/21/07. Looks good as of 4/08, 7/08, 8/08, 1/09.