Right you are Ray. Wendy, there is no just getting it done with cancer. Everything takes agonizingly long. I found the lump on my neck in dec '07 but treatment didn't start til feb '08. There is time to find plenty of info and get amore opinions and still, if you choose, go with the original doc's on the case. It's a tough road ahead and scary but keep a positive attitude and keep your family around you, you can do it. Best of luck to you.

David R. 65 yr old male non-smoker, light drinker, stage 3 or 4, depending on which doc you ask, scc rt. tonsil, 2 nodes, 7 weeks radiation and chemo. No surgery. Teatment ended 3/20/08. PET scan 8/08 showed no cancer.
And now, as of oct, 2010, caregiver to wife, Linda, with breast cancer.
May, 2013, Linda diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. Enuf already.