Joe received his last Chemo treatment today. He was at the hospital from about 8:00am to about 4:45. That is a very long day when you don't feel well. His throat is still hurting him and the doctor said to also take Robitussin at night before bed to help with the phloem. It did not really help last night but we will continue to try. They increased his pain medicine again and also gave him a different kind of mouth pain medicine. It is a liquid that he takes every 4 hours that is suppose to numb the pain in his mouth and throat. It does help a little but when your tongue fells like a folded dish rag and your mouth will only open about 2 inches there's not much they can do. They want him to have at least 6 boost a day. So we will need lots of that if anyone goes by the store. (Vanilla only though the other burns) They still want him to drink water by mouth so his muscles don't freeze up. He still has fever and hot flashes. He says that he is hot and his hands and feet are like ice????

So he only has 7 radiation treatments left and then the road to recovery will begin. Then they will do a biopsy in the middle of November and the doctors told him today that he should be able to come off the pain medicine around Christmas. (Mid to latter part of December)

that's all I have for now....Good night.

Love,
Crystal