Thanks for all the good wishes everyone! I had surgery on Wednesday and came home on Friday looking a little like Frankenstein with staples on both sides of my neck. They seemed to have used the old scar line on the left and the right hand side is obviously new. I'm also very puffy and tired.

I don't think that they found any surprises although I'll get the full story when I see my Surgeon on Friday. The Surgical Registrar who did the rounds on the night following my surgery did say that operating on the left side of my neck was like digging in concrete! (because of scarring from previous radiation and surgery)

Jerry - it is amazing how much things can and do change with this disease! It's very true that even with the smallest and most innocent looking of lesions you can't ever predict where you will finish up. I'm sure that my ENT won't ever tell anyone that they are virtually assured of a cure when dealing with this
disease ever again.

Sue