Where in Colorado are you? If you PM me, I can give you the name of my surgeon here! My primary sight was my right tonsil. They operated to take out my tonsils and to biopsy the tumors on my tongue and neck. I didn't have the neck dissection. They felt that they could get rid of the tumors in my neck with the chemo. After 6 weeks of recovery from the surgery, I started chemo-induction therapy (Cisplatin, Taxotere and 5FU). After the first round, the tumors in my neck were gone! I had a total of 3 of these treatments and I was one of the very lucky ones as my ONLY side effect was I lost my hair after the first week. 2 week break after that and then I started on the 7 week radiation/chemo therapy. I had a feeding tube but still lost 70 pounds in 4 months (luckily, I had excess to lose!).