Thank you Paul I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. And it is REALLY encouraging to know you are a long time survivor. Last night as I was reading old posts I stupidly kept reading people's bios. Ran into a lot who had not posted in years (which made me wonder if they died) and quite a few whose bios actually notated their deaths. This is all so foreign and overwhelming. I appreciate the info you gave me. My husband'd dentist said he took out the whole thing, down to healthy tissue. But I doubt he can be sure. We called University of Virginia this morning but they are scheduling for end of May. So we are going to see a local ENT first and then transfer. Over a month seems too long to wait!