Thank you. Things are going well. The doctors are not recommending radiation or chemo at this time. He has his next appointment with the Head and Neck surgeon in June. We are still waiting for the second follow up appointment with the plastic surgeon and to find out when they will schedule the outpatient surgery to remove the skin covering the posts for future dental implants. After we know that, we can start thinking about heading home for awhile. Thanks to this forum, I knew to ask about alcohol when we had the follow up visit with the surgeon. (I figured it was better to hear it from the doctor). The doctor was very definite about the need to greatly curtail alcohol, so much so that I was surprised that I had to be the one to bring it up. My husband doesn’t usually have more than one beer a week, but the doctor said that was too much. My husband never smoked so that is not an issue. The other risk factors (gender and age)-well, not much to do about those.

I am so grateful for all of the information and support I received from everyone here.