Thanks for the advice. It's hard for me to think of the situation as a "a little uncertainty and a minor setback", however I will continue to struggle along.

Thanks for the heads up about the Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments. I had no idea they were so involved or expensive!

I just have to wait & find out what the Dr. thinks when I see him again Oct. 12th. I'll have been eating soft food and NOT wearing my false teeth for 3 weeks then, hopefully some healing has occurred. That would enable me to delay longer.

Thanks again,
Doug