Thank you for the thoughts, Tammy. I think I'll be ok for Christmas eve, day, at least, with only two radiation treatments under my belt by then. Still concerned going into something that has a 20% risk of death for me, basically from carotid bleed, aka blowout, but another RO, with lesser experience, says it's a little over 5%. Both are stil high to me lol, but really have no other choices, except do nothing, which is hard for me to do, and I like to strike back first!