Thank you all for replying so quickly, funny enough it doesnt seem nearly so bad if you know you are not alone. I am having a neck disection, so I guess this adds to the surgery time from the letter I have received the diagnosis is T1 NO Mx SCC left buccal mucosa. I will be in Luton and Dunstable hospital for approx 2 weeks for my surgery. I suppose I was naive to think as it was a small cancer it would not involve too much surgery or need radiotherapy to clear it.