I totally agree that talking to a person who has been through the process is extremely valuable. Our ENT office tries to put new patients in touch with patients that are a ways out from treatment, when appropriate. When they gave us a contact when my husband was first diagnosed, I was surprised that it was a woman that I knew through my business. I had no idea that she had been through tonsil cancer and all that it involves.

Likewise, our doctor has given out my husband's name to new patients on may occasions since he completed treatments. We always urge new patients to log on to this forum, but I'm not sure how many do that.

Anita