Thanks Shawn, I left out a lot, and ran out of space already lol, but have some room for NED. Just trying to keep my infection at bay for surgery, trying to relax, getting sick from the occasional Oxycodone, missing my bucket list foods before surgery, due to my teeth, is all in a days work lol. That is one of my favorite movies, Wizard of Oz, believe it or not. Once, long time ago, at work In presented some employees certificates for courage, knowledge, heath etc, so they would leave me alone lol. We used to have fun in those days, but took care of buisness when we had to.

This procedure has risk for carotid blow out, others, and read somewhere could be around 17%, but that's over time, 3-24 months. This is my second IORT, and two prior IMRT in the same area. A neck dissection is 1-2%. Usually, pre-surgery, I reflect how I got here.