Thank you all for the kind welcome.

Eating is already a challenge, sore throat was the major symptom that brought me to my internist and biopsy plus two days of dental work have made it even sorer. We are hoping to avoid the feeding tube but almost down to liquids and ice cream before first treatment.

My ENT is very optomistic but at my follow up to the biopsy he proposed we do the neck dissection even with a good result from RT. He said that statistically my avoidance of reaccurance will be improved 10% with the surgery. I am learning that Oncology is the baseball of medicine. Stats, stats, and more stats.

I'd be happy to share doctor referals when we get to know each other better via a PM. I'm a bit skiddish as it is sharing medical information on the internet but appreciate the depth of experience here.

Thanks again, all