Did I miss something good? I'll have to re read that thread. Actually to those who have noticed my partial absence from the boards, it has been from a little guided tour of the surgery unit at MDACC to have something taken out that didn't look good. I won't elaborate; it is neither important nor interesting. And most importantly I am still on this side of the grass, though a little beat up by the experience. While I always share my experiences in detail in hopes that others will learn from them, there is nothing to learn from this last one. I am sometimes reluctant to post things that may indicate that I have had a bad prognosis or something else until I know the actual facts. I didn't realize how much my personal health, or lack of good health, impacted the individual fears and anxieties of those that come to read this board until I got a few emails, that revealed that anomaly to me. Not that I am anyone particularly special, but as a figurehead of survivorship in all this, I didn

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.