Ooops that was a typo It was upgraded to a low grade 3.

so, I went for my next check up yesterday and all looked to be healing well. I turned a recovery corner when the stiches (holding the "bio" skin stuff on...I forget what that stuff was called) and that really made things more tolerable. I am still on Ibuprofen 24/7 as the swelling really effects my ears and throat. My nurse prac. check nad no inner ear infection but it hurts just as if I had a bad one. She said everything looks healthy and great. I guess a bright spot is that she said my "hole" is just small enough that she would not suggest a prothesis for my soft palate(?) she said my tissue will fill in enough and in the long haul it will be so much better. (plus, more surgery is very possible)

As for eating, each day gets better but I stick to very soft pasta, fish for protein (as Dr suggested) and that slides down easy, cheesy things work well, diced peaches and pudding. My wt loss slowed down so that is good, in fact today I lost none!

So, since healing is good, I dont go back for a check for 2 weeks and then I scheduled my next recheck with Dr Futran for Dec 7th. He told the nurse prac. that he woud most likely not do a scan at that time. Hum? Sometimes it makes me wonder why there is such confidence that there will not be a reoccurance when I did not get clean margins. But I do trust him and he is known for being the best and it was reviews by the Seattle Cancer care alliance so I guess I will try not to worry but hard when I read about lots of reoccurrence when clear margins were not obtained. Time will tell. BUT I am officially on the 5 year countdown to being cancer free!