Carol,

Hello again,hope you are having a great weekend. My husband (who is also a nurse) is going to meet my brother and his family and eat dinner with my dad and his wife before he starts chemo and radiation tomorrow. I can tell he is very scared when I talked to him last night. Have you read any books that you would recommend to us? Everyday I look at your diagnosis and the results and that keeps me positive and going day to day. I have good days and bad days with this. I am still working full time for now and some days its hard, but I have applied for a medical leave at work which gives me 3 months off per year and the hospital where we work couldn't be more supportive. I am so glad to talk to you and so glad you are doing so well. How is your family and I bet this was hard on them too. Well, enjoy the weekend and I have to go to church now, for I have lots of praying to do and then off to see dad. I will talk to you soon and many, many thanks for the support.

D'Arcy

caregiver to father, stage IV SCC with lesion on base of tongue and mets to right lymph nodes. Current chemotherapy taxol, carboplatin and erbitux. Will start radiation 4/1/08 7 wks, 35 treatments with questionable radiacal neck at end of radiation.