Eric,

Definitely go to MDACC. You can't afford to take half-measures when fighting this disease. I wish we hadn't been so concerned with time, money and distance when Heather was first diagnosed. Unfortunately, I didn't find OCF until after she had her surgery, so we didn't really know any better. She did have an excellent surgeon, but it turned out that just wasn't enough.

Rainbows & hugs, wink
Rosie

Was primary caregiver to my daughter Heather who had stage IV base of tongue SCC w/ primary recurrence. Original diagnosis August 21st, 2002. Primary recurrence March 18th, 2003. Died October 6th, 2003.