You also might consider taking a voice recorder along and asking the people you see at Sloan if they mind your taping the appointments. You should also plan to take notes, but that way you will have a record of everything that was said -- and that could help you with follow-up questions in the days after the appointment as you digest the information you were given.

Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.