Hi Richard. Sorry to hear you are going through all of this again. Jim has had cisplatin, 38 radiation treatments, then Taxol and now we are trying Erbitux. He has mets to lungs and a recurrence in his jaw--and the one on his chin is visable. Anyway, a few weeks ago he had 5 cyberknife radiation treatments in Pittsburgh. The day of his last cyberknife treatment, Dr. Herron looked in his mouth and said the tumor was almost gone. The one on his chin seems to be shrinking. He sleeps all day and only gets up twice to eat (peg tube) and only 1500 calories a day. But he's been through hell, can't talk, can't eat, can't swallow a sip of water. This last round of cyberknife radiation hasn't been too much fun. His mouth is a mess. Poor fellow. Anyway, I'm sure you didn't want to hear all the details but once I start talking about it I can't stop. It's not easy being a caregiver---it breaks my heart. Some days I can handle it and other days all I do is sob. You take care and keep us posted. Claudia