Lori, you are probably HPV+, so the prognosis should be the same with, or without, the neck disection. I am 7.5 years cancer free and probably would not have been a candidate for a neck disection based on today's studies. I wish that I hadn't had one, but am appreciative of the science that got me here. Don't worry..all will be ok. All the best-Rob

6-05, Left Tonsil-T1N2bM0 stageIVA, chemo(Cisplatin), radiation(6660cGy), neck disection, no PEG. HPV negative. (Doc suspects posit)
3-9-09 last of 30 HBO treatments.