Thankyou all for your posting...I am really leaning toward the one operation...I saw the link of the TORS and I saw that the burned it off...I don't know if that was what my surgeon was saying when he said that if you use the robot, you can't reconstruct the palate...I am not sure if you burn the skin, it can be reconstructed...There are so many things I don't know about this Cancer...It is so overwhelming and daunting...I want to be as informed as I can be. However, I just don't know what I don't know...That is why I gleen as much info as I can from you all...Thanks for the support and good wishes, I think I need all I can get...