HI All,

My Dad had scc on his inner cheek and went thought surgery to remove it and they found some spots in his lymph nodes so suggested 25-30 rads and two sessions of chemo. After the chemo, the rads became alot more intense and he had severe mucostitis. His platelet counts dropped to 40,000 so he was admitted to the hospital and has had two blood transfusions and platelet transfusions. The doctors have said this is a normal side effect of chemo but are surprised because there were only 2 sessions of chemo and they were low doses as well. I am worried that it may be something else. I don't know where to look and I don't know how many more transfusions he will have before he can be stable...or will he ever be? How long do the effects of chemo last?