I don't know if iI should thank you guys for the support, or what.

Gary, it was more the choice of advice so early on in the thread. Darrel seems to be, and his past posts have indicated that his higher power is God. We have been through this before and, although I occasionally attend mass, I am not deeply religious. My point is that, unless the original posts asks for spiritual guidance and support, the reply should be contain valuable medical advice and experiences. That is the appropriate higher power at this juncture. Just my acerbic writing style. Plus, I got the entire "Old Guard" to post in one topic! I should get props for that. I guess you are all Cat people.

As a final thought on the worry, I had a new MRI brain study on Monday and got........not great news yesterday. I have developed an additional Brain metasteses. It is not at the site of the two I had surgically removed in June and it is very small. It will be gone next week by Gamma Knife. My point is that unwarranted worry is not healthy, but once you have issues they can never be ovelooked. After an initial honeymoon of 16 months I have had H and N cancer EVERWHERE it is know to travel and it can be successfully fought. At 3.5 years I look, less 18 pounds lighter, the same and have no eating issues. Danny, please don't kill me for this, was told he would be gone long ago. He is not and he is doing well. Get your scans as directed, the PET will be the one to save you, listen to your doctors and carry on with the new normal. Worry? Yes, when you have reason to. You will never enjoy your second chance if all you do is worry about when it ends. I'm different, Danny is different, and I'm sure many others that I don't speak with are having issues. We know where we are going, just not when, that is OUR diffence Try to keep it all in perspective. It is the only way to make it with your sanity.

I do not normally post my health issues and I would like that aspect of my post to slip away, on the forum anyway. PM's are OK for question on various metastases and related treatments.