Hi Brian,

Welcome. I would not fret about getting radiated on both sides. Since my cancers did not cross the midline, I was under the same impression as you - rads could be given to just the cancerous side. Wrong. The RO explained they paint all around your neck but adjust dosage depending on the scans.

His explanation was pretty simple which I bought into - better safe than sorry. This aligned with my own philosophy on the battle strategy which was to hit it as hard as possible leaving no chance of second guessing later if more could have been done.

Shrinking the chance of recurrence to the most infinitesimal odds was my primary goal of the entire experience. I sleep very well these days.