The hard, cold fact is that if we go with the radical surgery I will never eat, drink or speak again. From the research I've done on this option, it isn't always a return of disease that proves fatal. In other words, the surgery itself along with the resulting disabilities are life-threatening as well. In my mind, this surgery is not an option. Since this new ride started, I have always felt that the best option would come from the medical oncology folks. In fact, I met with my medical oncologist yesterday and after the extreme grim-ness of the radiation oncologist his attitude was like a breath of fresh air. He offered me a phase-II study which involves a 21-day chemo cycle with Cisplatin and Docestaxel along with a daily pill-dose of a new drug that is a EGF(Epithelial Growth Factor)-inhibitor. That new drug is called Tarceva. He said they are experiencing good results with this so far and seemed to think this was just the thing for me and my new tumor. This is the best option I have been offered so far and I'll probably go with it. I plan to make my decision tomarrow when I meet with my surgeon as they want to start me on this beginning next week.