Hi, All. Has been quite a while since my last post. Being in Pensacola, we were dead in the line for Ivan the Terrible and this has added to our list of things to do! Our house survived and is livable but needs a new roof, etc but we lucked out there. Rusty had mod. rad. neck dissection on left side (not original cancer site) Oct 8 and is undergoing radiation to nasopharynx, which they found using PET scan and CT. Not good news but could be worse. He's still holding out. Is back to having trouble eating due to the tumor on one side, surgery on the other, and radiation above but is managing to hold his weight and hasn't started losing again (was still 40 pounds "down"). He's determined not to get the PEG tube again so is subsisting on lots of potato soups, milkshakes, etc. He's still singing on weekends with help from friends (voice gives out quickly, of course) but is basically keeping on keeping on. The original tumor site was still clear on Oct 8 -- that was an answer to a prayer. We have found an ENT here that we like and trust and who lays it all on the line, just what we needed. With all of the horrors of our Gainesville experience, I promised God that I would not beg for him to heal and save Rusty but that I would thank Him for every day he gets to feel normal. God has more than lived up to my prayer and Rusty has gotten better and better each day. His outlook is brighter, he's much less dependent on pain medications, and is still fighting the fight. I apologize that I haven't been on the board for such a while and hope this finds many of you improving and getting better each day. With all of the obstacles each cancer survivor faces, it is simply amazing at the endurance human beings can come up with when needed. Each of you have held my hand and held me up through some tough times and I greatly appreciate it and will keep each and every one of you in my prayers. Will try to write again sooner. Millie