Jim, I had no doubt that you were smiling in your comments, and I was just trying to encourage AZ that, since his/her surgery will be less than mine was, he/she should be in even better shape. When I re-read my comment, I realized that it sounded like I was showing off, and I certainly would never do that!! Things aren't perfect, but I can't complain when I am doing as well as I am.

Keep smiling!

XOX--Colleen

Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!