Hi Cheryl,

Sorry to hear it will take so long to get it taken care of. I am going through the same struggles...The downside to Canadian healthcare is long waits. I found out today I am having my surgery 4 to 6 weeks in London, Ont. The good news for me is that it is going to be less agressive than what I was going to do in Chicago. So glad I got the second opinion. Instead of doing an extreme procedure that may be overkill, I am going to have the area removed along with a sample of jawbone for the pathologist. If it shows sign of cancer, then I will have to go through the bigger surgery removing a large part of my jaw and then radiation on top of that. So crossing my fingers the cancer did not get into the bone. What really concerns me now is the possibilty of the cancer on my gums spreading to my jaw bone between now and my surgery date which could be up to 6 weeks. Does anyone know how fast SSC can spread, or is different for everyone?