I'm going to start with ((hugs)) ... and for your sake, I'll hate weekends too.

For what it's worth, though you can and should take the best treatment and doctors you can get, it IS possible for some places to set up your plan and then have it administered closer to home. I gathered that's what some of my fellow patients were having done (and something I might should have pursued further ... like you, the thought of a two-hour drive daily was NOT appealing, but the twenty minute drive was fine even with nausea or whatever) ... so go head and see them if you need hat second opinion. It won't hurt, and could help.

One of the lead moderators usually comes by to give fantastic advice, and I couldn't begin to do as good as she does, so I won't ... I leave things out .. but that's one tip I gleaned that might help you.

What else did it say about the actual cancer? Where is it located more specifically? Any nodes? HPV or no? Those are questions that'll be asked, and most of us have that in our signature lines. Not that we're medical professionals ... we're all patients like you are ... but it helps you see who's been through the same things with the same start point as you.Mine was surgery, clear, surgery because it came right back, and then the chemo and rads. But that was because the location was easy to access, side of my tongue. Even with that, they did a 'neck dissection' (which sounds creepier than it is ... they just go in and take out lymph nodes to check for cancer spread) and the surgery wasn't too dreadful (or I am just so fuzzy this far out that I don't recall enough). And there are therapists who help with muscles and scar and such. You CAN and will get through this! You've got a whole team of cheerleaders and supporters here now.