Mike,

I just want to wish you well with your upcoming surgery! You’re right, your surgeons wouldn’t be doing surgery unless they thought it was curative.

Try not be be guided by any on-line stats. If i did, I probably wouldn’t be where I’m at according to some of them. Although I had a different cancer, tonsil with metasteses, it was 7 times, but the doctors never gave up on me! I’ll be going for my five year Scan soon, and hopefully considered cancer free, although I’ll be 10 years out from my original diagnosis.

Best wishes!

10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs