Wendy,

First of all, good for you for looking ahead! That's great. From where I'm sitting, almost 4 weeks out from treatment, I'd say go for it! But with one caveat... make sure you can cancel your flight and exchange the tickets so if your husband is feeling too lousy to go, you won't be out a lot of money. I had planned a trip between surgery and radiation which I had to cancel when my PEG tube got infected - I decided it was best to not get on a plane with an open, oozing wound - so I canceled my flight and got a credit for the ticket. I think I'll pay $50 when I reschedule, but that's not as bad as losing the whole $500 that the ticket cost.

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Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018