EZJim,

Our posts must have crossed in cyberspace. My DB is having surgery at the Little Rock VA Hospital which is one of the best in the nation. His surgeon will remove his teeth and go directly to the jaw. He will be 3-4 days in the hospital and then we will take him to our home and drive him back and forth for his appointments. We live in the Ozarks so it is 3 hr. each way.

The VA hospital has wonderful surgeons and his specializes in head and neck surgery. Vets are especially susceptible to soft tissue cancers of all kinds due to Agent Orange.

I have know idea what happens after surgery because my DB kept this whole thing quiet. My husband will be going with my brother for his pre-op physical and I will be there to talk to the surgeon afterward. I am one of those people who likes to know as much as possible about what the process is so any help is greatly appreciated.

I just stopped by the thread on dumb things people say and I though I was back at the breast cancer forum. We have a similar thread. Sometimes we laugh and sometimes we want to smack people. All cancer sucks.