"Prevaricating"??? I think you meant something else (like Procrastinating). But no matter, I'm disappointed that it seems my chemo-radiation hasn't been definitive... I expected (and I think the doctors had expected) that it would be. I'm also a bit surprised/shocked they have so quickly suggested surgery - the possibility had been mentioned earlier, but they (the doctors) made it all seem so remote that I'd put it out of my mind. Sure it was a possibility, but it never seemed likely.

Sigh. I'll have the biopsy, talk with all the doctors, and let you know what I decide. Thanks for the replies and comments. More are welcome.

Dx: T1N3M0 Stage IV SCC Left Tonsil HPV16+

CT 3/20/9. FNA 3/24/9. Panendoscopy 4/1/9. PET/CT 4/22/9
9 wk IC (TPF) 4/25/9. Port 5/11/9 removed 6/4/9 (clot)
7 wk CRT (IMRT; Carboplatin & Taxol) 7/8/9. PEG 7/9/9
CT 10/19/9. PET/CT 11/2/9. ND 12/1/9
6 wk CRT (IMRT; Erbitux, Carboplatin & Taxol) 1/6/10