Christine - thanks for the compliments and Congrats on your Jan scan.

I have a question for you and for any of the others that read the thread. As I mentioned today Dan saw the RO by himself - one of the things that came up was they are actually now planning 39 rather than 35 IMRT's and 8 instead of 7 Cisplatin. He also told Dan that the last treatments will not be spread out to encompass the neck - they will be focused on the tumor area - because of the margins not being clear... So anybody experience this adding of treatment or know what it means to do the focus at the end? I swear I don't care if scheduling takes an act of Congress or what I have to do I am never missing another appointment. I love Dan, but he is horrible at asking questions, etc.


Michelle, CG to husband (45), DX 2/08 Stage IVa Adenocarcinoma Salivary Gland (T2N2bMO)
Parotidectomy & ND 2/08, Tumor margins not clear, 4 of 30 nodes positve for cancer,
TX IMRT 39x, cisplatin 7x (completed 5/1/08),
PEG (4/22 - 7/9), No port. Currently in remission!