Craig had his first chemo and radiation on Tuesday 11th. He had a further 3 radiations Wed-Fri. He opted not to go with the PEG (against my wishes I might add, but it's his body).

So far he is doing pretty good, mild nausea (no vomiting) but controllable with drugs. Some drying of the mouth but still a good amount of saliva. Neck is swelling up, we can only assume as a side effect of the radiation. A couple of other symptoms I've posted about in the Medications/Procedures forum under "Day 4 of treatment".

He is still driving and working albeit with some naps in between. This has been a godsend as the rest of us have had flu all week and we've been the ones vomiting and on bed rest! I can't imagine what I'd do if I had to look after him as well as the kids. It's as much as I can do to make sure he stays away from us smile

Thanks for all the messages of support, we appreciate them.

Marina, wife of Craig, 52 former smoker/drinker quit 9 years ago.
dx Feb 2008, SCC Stage 4a Tongue with mets to left and right neck lymph nodes.
Cisplatin x 3 and concurrent IMRT x 35 (scheduled to end May 1/08)
We have two children, 3 and 2, and #3 is on the way.