i am operating from my wife's page, brendaf. my name is sam. i am not a whiz with a computer. i was diagnosed with tonsil ca but it took them almost a month to find it. a lump in my neck started the ball rolling so to speak. i had 37 radiations and 7 chemos in march/april 05. i was stage 3. they tell me it is different for everyone but i am sure there are more similarities. over and out