Shelley, I am very sorry to hear about Ron's recurrence. Poor guy must have scared himself so much! Shingles isnt fun either. How old is Ron? I tried to get the shingles shot but I was too young and it would have been about $300 back in 2007. Anybody who has been thru OC or any cancer for that matter and is over 50 should have a shingles shot. Cancer survivors are more susceptible to getting shingles since their immune systems are weakened from treatments.

It sounds like Ron's recurrence has been caught super early. That is excellent news. You guys did the right thing with going back to Ron's regular OC doc at UCLA. With everything Ron has already been thru this will be no big deal. It will be a very quick, easy surgery. Everybody is different but it sounds to me like Ron's recurrence is very similar to what I went thru with my 2nd round of OC. My 2nd round was done as an outpatient surgery. Pay close attention to the healing. Since he has had rads, his healing may be slower. I ended up needing HBO to heal from my 2nd round of OC. Hope Ron feels better from the shingles very soon. When is his surgery?