Thanks I really appreciate the replies. I am 60 years old, had prostate cancer 5 years ago and had surgery on 9/12/01 at Johns Hopkins. I had the biopsy today; however, the doctor said there was no doubt in his mind that it is cancer.The doctor I am seeing is at Duke. One immediate question I have, is if I should seek a second opinion. When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer I got 3 opinions and looked at all the treatment options. With this type of cancer, there does not appear to be as many options available and the time frame to act is so short. The surgery is scheduled for March 20th. I am scheduled for pre-op on Friday and a CT. At this point I have been given no details on the procedure other than there would be an incision in my neck and there would be a skin graft involved on my tongue. He also said I would have to have a breathing tube and a feeding tube. Everything was very general.