Hi all, Richard made it through chemo on Mon with minor side effects. It's amazing how the right combo of drugs can help. The MO also lowered the dose of cisplatin to 110 instead of 196. His total number they looked at for the WBC count and all the components was 1296 and the threshold is 1200. He was just over the threshold, so they went the lower dose. We were relieved that they didn't postpone the treatment.
Today will be the 18th treatment. He missed two because the machine needed major maintenance. So we will be a little over half way through with two chemos down. Thanks for all your info...Geri


Geri-CG to husband Richard, 62 yrs old. Former smoker, quit 30yrs ago, light drinker. Dx after tests with BOT T1N1M0. Tx to start by end of Dec. Seven wks IMRT with 2x Cisplatin-2x Erbitux. Peg in 12/08- removed 4/21/09. Looking good so far. Clear Pet &MRI 8/2/09