Thank you Paul for your feedback, I really appreciate it. I am currently going to Beth Israel and I really like the provider I am seeing. Im going in for a fitting on Tuesday for a mouth piece, to protect the roof of my mouth during recovery. Surgery for removal of the tumor will be scheduled then for sometime within the next two weeks. It sounds horrifying to have a portion of the roof of my mouth removed but I know it has to be done. I cant wait till this is all over and I am hopeful that the pathology results of the full mass will be benign and no further action will be necessary. I am holding on to that hope.