Had some more good news today on my 26 radiation treatment. I was getting threated from 3 fields, both sides and 1 from the front. Plus I was scheduled for 5 addition daily treatments of a more localized from the right and 7 from the left. Yesterday was my last of the additional from the right, and also the last of treatments from the front. So today I just had one from the left and right, and the localized from the left. Monday will be my last of the localized from the left--so for my last three treatments, I will only recive radiation from the left and right--making my time in the mask much shorter. It isn't that significant, but with the cold that I have and the phlegm I have been spitting up--less time being strapped down by my head to a table is appreciated. I can't wait for my treatments to be over so I can begin the healing process.

Thanks for all the kind words and comments, it means a great deal to me and my family!

Paul

Age 27: Diagnosed 11/1/07 with Oral cancer localized in the left side of my tongue & 1 lymph node. Upper Neck Disection Surgery 12/17/07, removed left side of tongue and a few lymph nodes. Post surgery treatment: 30 days Radiation, 4 Treatments of Cisplatin. Completed treatments 3/27/08.