LWP - you've gotten some great advice from some of our most knowledgeable family members (of which you are one now as well). As others have said, there's not much that can prepare one for hearing a diagnosis of cancer. But you sound to be in a good place both mentally and with respect to your medical team.

Please keep us posted and keep asking questions. We're all here for you 100%, inches or centimeters!

Courage.

David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 14 years all clear in 6/23 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18