Justlilomee,

Hi and welcome. I think you will find that this website has the most accurate and up to date info you will find anywhere. Go back through some of my posts. My mom had stage 1 SCC diagnosed back in 4/03 her ENT swore he got everything with clean margins and did not order radiation. Now she has had to endure a second surgery this one included skin graphing and a lot of unnecessary scarring and then the radiation & chemo and it has been a long drawn out process which we feel she could have avoided if she had received the radiation the first time around. Her mouth has been cut into many many time which makes eating a nightmare now. I know there are people out there who just got the surgery alone that are doing fine today but to me the radiation would have been reinsurance that all that cancer was gone.

Gary was just being honest. This is not the kind of cancer you want to mess around with...

I will be keeping you in my prayers and you too Lynn.

Danielle