I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THAT HAVE SO FAR REPLIED TO MY "WHERE DO I START"(DISTRESS SIGNAL). WELL TODAY I WENT TO NYU MEDICAL CENTER IN NYC TO GET A 2ND OPINION, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT AN "IMRT" RADIATION, MY WIFE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS "IMRT" FROM DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, ALL WE WAS TOLD WAS THAT I WOULD LOSE THE USE OF MY SALIVA GLANDS FOR GOOD. BUT WHEN WE MENTION THE USE OF THE "IMRT" TO THE RADIATION SPECIALIST AT WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER IN VALHALLA NY, HIS COMMENT WAS THAT THEY DIDNT USE THAT MACHINCE THATS WHY THEY DIDNT MENTION IT, SO NOW I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON THE 26TH OF JULY WITH SLOAN KETTERING MEMORIAL AND I WILL MORE THAN LIKELY START MY TREATMENT WITH SLOAN ON THAT DATE. IM STILL RESEARCHING AND STILL SHAKING MY HEAD ASKING MYSELF WHY ME BUT AT LEAST MY MENTAL STATE HAS IMPROVED ALOT SINCE I AWOKE FROM THAT NECK SURGERY, ANY OTHER HELP OR COMMENTS WOULD BE APPREICIATED, THANK YOU


squam cell carcin base of tongue 5 out of 33 lympth nodes effected & removed w/ neck surgery on 6/27/06
33 treatments of IMRT & 2 cycles of cisplatin