Jack was sent for acupuncture in the fall and was one of the people who had good results in 6 or 7 treatments. I'm not sure if it was that, or he just hit the magic recovery period, or if the amifostine was effective, or he just got lucky on the IMRT radiation but his dry mouth is better.

Regards JoAnne


JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.