Dear Every one, I have the day off and I find myself stressed out as usual. If I don't have something to take my mind off things, I stress. I bought a bottle of pedialite and some biotine an dsome bananas.I don't know what to expect when I get Chemo. Any suggestions are welcome. I have been putting aloe on my neck every day but I know whats coming. After 3 treatment(RAD) I can taste that metal already. The last time it took a couple of weeks. I have been reading all about the side effects of Chemo and they are so vague about it, I should say generalized. Do you definetly lose your hair? I read on one web site that cisplantin didn't cause this. I almost would trade a day off for a day to come off the end. I also read some statistics which are very confusing. They call my stage IV because it went from my vocal chord to the cartlidge(Adams apple) but it apparently did not go anywhere else. I wish I could talk to anyone that had this happen to them. It iks not as common as you would think. I have heard from a couple of people that had Total Laryngectomies but none that had vocal chord cancer. They always talk about 2 yrs and 5 yrs when they talk about survival or remission. I guess these are milestones. When do I start to count because my cancer is not seen on a PET scan. Do I count from my surgery or when treatment is done? I feel strange asking these questions here, but these are driving me a little nuts. Have a nice day! Tony