Just repeating what Christine said, never feel embarrassed asking anything cancer related or feel quity of any type of care or your body response to it! I knew about TORS in 2009, and wanted it, just about when it was approved, and my hospital, and the otolaryngology chairman was one if the first do it after it was pioneered in a PA hosp by doctor Weinstein. My ENT didn't do TORS, which was a Da Vinci model I believe. When I asked about it with my ENT, who worked under the chairman, said it may not be for me, so I didn't persure the matter further. I also wasn't a member here until 2012, so I couldn't asked anyone questions, and pretty much had a Shot Gun education for good and bad until I joined, which was after my 4th or 5th recurrence.