Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Eileen. Congrats on the good news. Im hoping you can have another surgery to take care of getting bigger margins. Good luck with your radiation appointment. Dont be surprised if your rad doc wont give you a clear answer. I would be amazed if they would tell you that your cancer was due to something they did. A cause isnt something that will help with the final outcome anyway. Wishing all goes well with everything. Have a great trip to the races  ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive |