Eric, thanks. In a couple of days of lurking and reading, I noticed that there were a bunch of SCC and MEC survivors here; I sort of hoped that maybe I'd bring one other lonely PLGAer out of the woodwork.

You're so right that I've won the statistical lottery from the get-go. I mean, thirty-six thousand salivary gland cancers in this country in a year, and I get the one that's a stub on Wikipedia. (Looks around for pianos falling from the sky.) So far, I've also won the Doctor Lottery and the Care Team Lottery--except for the snippy person who complained that I wasn't answering her phone calls. Um...'cause I gots no mouth at the moment? Could that be why?

Thanks for your take on this. I'm going to wait for the tumor guys and gals to get back to me, and then take some time to think it over.