Hi, Mary -

Good luck on your first day! I hope all goes well. I, too, had a maxillectomy/palatectomy, then chemo and radiation to clear up the perineural invasion. It was a challenge to get through, but it's been 6 months since I finished treatment and I have no residual effects of radiation or chemo. I have an obturator -- a more "permanent" one than the one they put in right after surgery -- and that remains a work in progress.

Please feel free to ask ANY questions you might have about the whole process -- chemo, radiation, obturator, anything that comes up! I'll be thinking about you as you embark on this next part of your journey.