Thanks everyone for your supportive stories and well wishes. My post surgery notes included:

"...They did find more cancer, which was removed. The cancer didn't invade things such as nerve endings. They also took 8 margin samples and only found "moderate dysplasia", which is not uncommon in any person. For example, a sample taken anywhere from a smoker's mouth would produce this from the chemicals inhaled. This means it's not a normal happy-go-lucky cell, but it's not cancerous either. Translation: we have clean margins!..."

Lynn, your comments on dysplasia concern me since this was included in my post-surgery follow-up. The doctor didn't seem worried about it, and I used his example in the quote above. Are there different types of dysplasia?

Regarding brachytherapy - I spoke to a woman with an identical situation to mine, except it occured a while back (years). She had the same "brachytherapy", but called it something else. It's curious how the name has evolved and why. I suppose that's a question for Dr. Busse tomorrow.

John and Dani - the doctors told me I'd "recover" two weeks after radiation stopped. After reading some of the discussion board comments, and speaking to my social worker, it appears the recovery is more like 4 weeks. What are your (or anyone's) thoughts on how I'll feel post week 1, 2, 3 and 4 (pretending I don't have brachey messing things up)?

Sabrina