I agree you need a second opinion from a CCC. Just because cancer has been founds in the nodes doesn't mean things are hopeless at all. there are MANY people around here who have survived after having a cancer like that treated.

But they aren't people who smoke and drink. You said your husband was an alcoholic so I unfortunately CAN beleive he is still drinking (and smoking) but that's one reason you need to go to a CCC. he needs someone to talk to him seriously about quitting NOW and how important it is. maybe this is the bottom he needs to hit because if he doesn't quit, he's going to kill himself, regardless of the quality of treatment he gets from here on in.

Ty, you have my sympathy for the position you are in. You must love your husband a lot to have stayed with him this long. Don't give up hope just yet. But get him somehwere where he has the best chance of getting the medical care and the other support he needs....

Nelie