Hi Eileen, I certainly hope they can get you in for the surgery soon and then hopefully afterwards you can get some of the drug side effects dealt with. It's amazing how swtiching to a new drug can mess everything up sometimes. Hang in there and I hope everything goes well (and on time) on Wednesday.

Nelie

SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"