Love you to bits Jim but you gotta know they don't call us downunder for nothing wink
It takes around 22 hours to fly to Europe from most of our States in Oz. I know I have done it quite a few times. That being said we have people from all over that have settled here just as you have in the US.
Many of us speak a second language.
Lulu we are very international here and your writing is just fine.
I think one of the biggest comforts in finding someone in your own country is they will understand the medical/hospital situation.
Good Luck
Gabriele


History Leukoplakia bx 8/2006 SCC floor mouth T3N0M0- Verrucous Carcinoma.
14 hour 0p SCC-Right ND/excision/marginal mandibulectomy 9/2006, 4 teeth removed, flap from wrist, trach-ng 6 days- no chemo/rad.
6 ops and debulking (flap/tongue join) + bx's 2006-2012.
bx Jan 2012 Hyperkeratosis-Epithelial Dysplasia
24cm GIST tumour removed 8/2013. Indefinite Oral Chemo.

1/31/16 passed away peacefully surrounded by family