I'm sorry for the double post but I was being limited to the amount I could type in this box? I'm the one bringing up the neck disection. My Ent first suggested it prior to TX then changed his mind saying he was biased to waiting post tx.

Do the lymph nodes get destroyed by the radiation permanaetly or do they begin funtioning at some later point? I see a lot of necrosis comming back in people's pet scans, does the body remove the dead cancer cells on its own?

Because of the recurrance rate and the fact that I have already used chemo and radiation I seem to be in the camp of give all you got?