DonnaJean, my surgery was 11 hours and I don't know how long it took me to wake up, but when I did, and managed to get the people around me to understand that I needed a paper and pencil, my first question was about the lymph nodes. At that time they had the path results and could tell me. Now before you panic, your husband will NOT be in surgery for 11 hours. I had a tumor removed from inside my mouth and a graft taken from my arm. All that took much, much longer than the neck procedure. I bellieve I can speak for everyone here who has had the modified radical neck dissection when I say that he is going to come through it much, much easier than you fear. Now, take a deep breath...
Joanna