I went back to the oral surgeon today for a check of the teeth and the resection. He agreed with the H & N surgeons that no additional treatment is needed now - b/c I was stage one, good margins, no neck involvement, no vascular/lymphatic invasion, no perineural invastion and it was moderately differentiated - not poorly differentiated. I am comfortable with this decision for now. If something changes I might seek additional treatments.

I really just want to get on with my life. I feel as though 2 months were taken from me as I lost interest in almost everything except the cancer. I'm not married and support myself by working at a Children's Hospital - so I would like to get back to dating & to work so that I have enough money to pay bills. If I had radiation treatments / chemo - I'd be off work for another 8-12 weeks and I've already used all of my short term disability and all of my vacation time. A few co-workers contributed some hours of their vacation just to cover my first surgery where I was otherwise going to be unpaid.