It sounds like you have a very good surgeon. Many of the recurrences that I have encountered are misnamed, they are just reappearances of the original cancer in micrometastic form, that had been there all along, and finally had grown to a visible size. His advice is well founded. You are getting down to the easy part and it's almost over. Good luck on these final procedures, and we all wish you a rapid return to a normal life.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.