Deb and Bob, welcome to OCF. There are some x-military people here who may be able to give you advice about how to navigate the insurance to get the most out of it. Make sure whoever you are seeing next week is familiar with oral cancer. Dont be afraid to ask how many OC patients they see. A cancer center usually is the optimum place to go for treatment.
Is Bob prepared for surgery or treatments to begin? He should be eating all he can right now. Eat all his favorites and then eat more! Bob should be enjoying everything spicy like mexican or chinese, things like steaks, ribs, and breads. Its ok to gain weight, he probably will lose some weight during his treatments. His taste and mouth functions will change weather he has surgery or radiation. It will become more difficult to eat. Many including myself have had to depend on a feeding tube to get thru this. While nobody wants one of those, it can be a necessity.
Here are a few links to important info to help you begin this battle. You are very fortunate to have found OCF to guide you thru this battle.
http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=65994#Post65994http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/board_images/GTI_draft.pdfWishing you both all the best. Please post an update after the appointment.
