Glenn, I appreciate your opinion here. I am not trying to discount your advice at all but when you say "radiation to one side has had less than positive results", I'm wondering what the circumstances were. Were these people who had larger cancers than mine perhaps? Did they have tongue cancer? Had they already had a neck dissection on the side of the cancer that showed no lymph node invovlement? I have to believe that an experienced radiation oncologist at a major cancer care center would have *some* reason for thinking radiation on one side was a reasonable thing to do.

As for the chemo, I would have it if I could. Because I am recovering from an infected lumpectomy and sentinal node removal on my breast, I don't think I can--at least not when I start radiation.

I'm sorry if this comes across as defensive. I'm feeling a bit stressed from your response. For a variety of reasons, packing up and moving to Boston for treatment seems extreme and also next to impossible to me right now. The advice one is given here to begin with is to get an opinion from a major cancer care center. I have done that (from two) and they disagree. But the folks at Roswell Park have reviewed my case twice now according to the radiation oncologist from there. I'm thinking they must have some reason for their plan.

Also, I want to take the most aggressive approach but I am constrianed by my own body and the results of fighting two cancers at once. I am well aware of the dangers of recurrence already and scared to death of them right now.