Thank you so much for your response, Christine. I will certainly pass along your message to my sister. She hasn't made up her mind yet, and is still focusing on finding better medical help. The doctors she has spoken to so far were very dismissive when speaking to my sister, not answering her questions fully and in some cases saying, "that doesn't matter." That is appalling to me! She believes their attitude may stem from the fact that she is a charity case. Is this common? I don't have insurance either but for the moment don't have any medical issues. I will qualify for medicare in a couple of years, but my sister is 7 years away from it. What kind of help is out there for people in her position? When she had her first surgery, she was fully insured through her employer at the time and was blessed to have a top notch surgeon and medical team take care of her. In comparison, the team she just consulted with were awful! It took 2 weeks for her to have a meeting with them to discuss the results of the ct scan. Isn't that a long wait when it comes to something as deadly as cancer? During that waiting period she was able to get a copy/disk of the results and after simply emailing and asking if he was willing, sent that to the original surgeon who reviewed it for her. He said that the tumor was difficult to see but he was able to see the area of the jaw bone where it was destroyed and assumed it was from the cancer. He also explained how he would handle it (a different process than the one suggested by her current doctors) and stressed that it should be taken care of as soon as possible. Her current doctors are giving her two weeks to make up her mind and then said the surgery would take place two weeks after that. Isn't a month a long time to wait? I would like her to take the plunge and ask her original doctor if he would take her on. But he is 1000 miles away. In addition, she is trying to get another job. And has had favorable responses to that. But she is tired, likely from the cancer. I apologize for skipping all over the place in this response. As you well know, this is a very difficult frightening time.