Hello Gary,

Thank you so much for your help. As I said, I'm in the beginning stage of this ordeal. She is scheduled for surgery at University of Pennsylvania Hospital and her Dr. Gregory Weinstein is quite reknowned there. I guess I have not asked enough questions, such as what stage is her cancer. She had no other side effects with the exception of a small sore on left side of her tongue. An MRI is scheduled for soft tissue of her neck with GAD and we must take films to her pre-op visit on 5/5. I will have to do more searching and learn a lot more before this visit as I have many questions. Other than this, she has always been in excellent health and she is quite optomistic about the surgery. I will be searching this site so that I am armed with questions and answers prior to her surgery. Again, thanks for your concern.