Bill,

I am also in the ATL area and it looks as though we are on a somewhat close together post Tx checkup schedule. I know we both have all of the same crew at Emory and my scan comes this Tuesday but I don't see Dr. Amy until 1 November. One of her nurses usually calls me as soon as the scan results are avilable. Great to hear your last round was a clean one and I expect no less of mine!

I only live about 10 miles from the track here in Henry County but have to be out of town next weekend. I planned that on purpose to get away from the impact of race traffic close to my place. I used to go over there for the races in years past but now that I'm an "old geezer" I no longer care for the crowds and traffic. I wish I had known about the planned oral cancer awareness activities you are going to be involved with ahead of time at the track. I would have made every effort to lend what little I might could add.

I have been moved up to a scan every 4 months instead of every 3 which was the regimen for the first year post Tx. I assume Dr. Amy will do you the same as well. I hope you won't find the need for a tooth extraction anytime soon as I am now facing due to radiation damage. I am now in the middle of the HBO treatments as necessary as a means of guarding against possible Osteoradionecrosis. The beat just seems to go on in one form or another.

Bill D.