Eileen

Your assumption is correct. However the excerpt that I did only dealt with his laser surgery. He then within a week had TWO MORE SURGERIES by his doctors each one of which left cancer behind. Finally he had his larynx out on the FOURTH surgery described as follows
[quote]He felt that since the cancer had recurred after receiving radiation, removal of the cancer using laser was not a good option in my case. He believed that since my cancer was behaving in a non-conventional manner, skipping areas that had been scarred after being eradiated, the best option for me now was to undergo the most aggressive kind of surgery. This entailed removing my retropharynx and the entire larynx, including the vocal cords. To reconstruct that area and rebuild an upper digestive tract, he would replace the removed parts by transplanting a flap of skin with its underlying tissues from my hand or thigh. I would no longer be able to breathe through my nose or mouth because he would redirect the trachea so that it would open in my neck, creating a tracheotomy.[/quote]
I'd certainly be depressed if that had happened to me
Charm