Thanks! I've been on the phone all day trying to get past the bureaucratic bull...! The nurse consultant at Cooper has been a big help but at the end of the day I have no answers. If they do approve me to go over to Philly, I still don't know if I can pick my own hospital and/ or doctor. I don't even know yet if I'm a candidate for surgery; this all started because I wanted a second opinion. Tomorrow is another day!


Pat - 62 yr. old -DX 8/29/09 SCC stage III floor of mouth
Lower teeth& bone removed
Port& Peg
Cisplatin x3; Rad 35 - ended 12/21/09
Fox Chase 2nd opinion-mandibulectomy; tracheotomy; left neck dissection; jaw reconstruction 5/13/10; flap failed;new flap 7/13/10; lipo January 2011