My parents are not trying to impede in any sort of way - we were all prepared for radiation before the surgery took place. Dad put new tires on the car just for the purpose of driving me everyday ( I would have been staying at their house and the hospital where it would have occurred was an hour and 10 minutes from their house). They were completely supportive. Then, the surgeons said clean margins and no node involvement according to the pathology report and no radiation would be needed in thier opinion. My parents have a good family friend who had tonsil cnacer with radiation about 10 years ago and he lost 70 pounds and had bad after effects and that is what they know of radiation. They are just believing what the doctors have said and don't want me to have to endure that if it isn't necessary. They aren't trying to impeded -but this cancer is so new to us - and no one in my family (extended or otherwise) have had cancer other than some sufface skin cancer lesions wihch were caused by being a farmer for 50+ years of sun exposure. This is just so new to them and myself - and such a rare cancer - that they just don't know all the risks of recurrence or how serious it might be. They know what the surgeons have said and I have not been seen by an oncologist. Once I have - if it is needed - they will not object. I have not told them - b/c I don't want to worry them unnecessarily right now. The docs may say I don't need anything - we won't know until I see them. I'll be making a call in the morning. I don't know how quickly they'll get me in though.