Although I had surgery it was to remove my lower jaw and rebuild it, not to remove a portion of my tongue. I also had radiation.

My medical team recommended a " belt and suspenders" approach. One (surgery) was good, both (surgery and radation) more insurance. I agree...I don't want to leave anything to chance and I have no intention of spending the next who knows how long, worrying about whether or not they got every little bit of the demon. I KNOW that I and they have done everything they could possibly have done to give me the comfort of knowing the cancer is gone.

What's in the future is just as much a mystery now as it's ever been...I'm good with that. Cancer or a recurance doesn't play any bigger a role in my future than it did before.

Maybe my beliefs are foolhardy...I don't know, but they're mine and I'm sticking with them. I just have way too much life to live, and I refuse to do it under the cloud of "maybe I should have agreed to..." this treatment or that.

It's over and there's a lot to do with the rest of my days.
All of the best!
Wayne