I have just had my second opinion with Mayo, They meet tomorrow to go over my results from the first surgeon...I am looking at a likely mandibulotomy and neck resection...They will tell me if they think I should have radiation as well...I am not really sure...I have come to terms with the operation and the fact that this will not be a fun time...I have a question to any of you who have had this procedure done...The Surgeon at Mayo told me that when the cut out the soft palate that I will have a hole in my soft palate and when I drink it will come out of my nose...The other surgeon was going to do the cutting and the flap procedure at once...One operation and done...

The Mayo doctor suggested that later they will go in and close it up...My 1st surgeon said if they just use the robot, they wouldn't be able to repair my soft palate....The Mayo doctor said they would "take care of that later...I don't like the sound of that...I would rather do it all at once...What do you all think? I don't want to be unreasonable but, I think that if I can just suffer one operation, I will be better off. Any help would be appreciated...SCC Tonsil and soft palate T2N1MO