I am being treated at Clarian Health in Indianapolis, which includes the IU school of medicine. I have been told by other doctors that my doctor is one of the best in Indiana. That makes me feel a little better. I have not started chemo or radiation. The surgery will include shaving part of my mandible to test for any cancer. My doctor is doing the neck dissection in hopes that it will come back clean and I will not have to have radiation. Right now, we are just waiting on insurance to approve the surgery. My doctor thinks that we caught the cancer very early but this is still very hard to deal with.


Mucoepidermoid carcinoma-intermediate grade. Removed 3/05. Additional surgery to get clean margins and selective neck dissection 4/05. 30 lymph nodes removed. All clear!!