Thank you Christine. I am aware that Joyce had a CT Scan and MRI but not a PET scan. The PET Scan is way above the budget. Without insurance some sacrifices have to be done. And is one of the test that they decided to forgo for now.

Another big issue troubling my mind is the number of days she will be in the hospital. My father-in-law wants her to go home 2 days after surgery. During her glossectomy she was confined for 5 days. I don't even know which surgery is more radical and intense.

I will keep all of you posted after her surgery. I appreciate all your kind words and advise.

Joyce March 1940 to January 2014
A wife, a mother, grandmother and great grandmother.
She fought oral cancer from late 2009 to Early 2014.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.