Tommy,

I would check twice about the neck disection. I was stage 1 and was told I did not need a ND after they saw the CT scan (clear nodes). They did hit my nodes with radiation on both sides, but said they would have done that with or without a ND.

Then again I did not have sergury, so we are all different.

Others here have debated this issue extensivly if you want to search previous posts regarding ND's.




Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR