Wow, a first for me on OCF. Someone wrote something that made me laugh. Maybe I just needed to laugh, but Cheryld's comment "you will look like you go hit by a baseball bat" made me laugh good. Thank you Cheryld.

Now, so I won't be hijacking the thread, Bud you seem to be in pretty good hands with your VA crew. I wish I had the cancer center close by like you do for that 2nd opinion.

It sounds like a pretty involved procedure you are beginning. But from getting to know you via our PM's I think you have more than enough stuffing in you to come out the other side a winner. And having a supportive wife just makes it better.

take care Bud, keep us posted. I hope you have access to a computer and the internet while in the hospital.

Tony

Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)

09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0.
11/13 start rads, no chemo
12/13 taste gone, dry mouth,
02/14 hair slowly returning
05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps.
01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter.
12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good