Eileen, the surgeon just sort of dropped that "oh, you need to tell me at the pre op appointment next time what you want me to do if we find cancer in your voice box" It scared the shit out of me. After getting three nose scopes from the guy and being told that my tumor on the supra glottis is melted away, I thought I'd have nothing but GOOD news. Indeed I'm hoping to remain positive. One of the reasons I'm asking here, is that he doesn't like to spend much time explaining things and I want to be prepared for this next appointment. It's much better to have knowledge beforehand so I can be intelligent and not so freaked out. After reading your previous post, the entire procedure seems to be more complicated too. I don't see how during a neck dissection that he could automatically take out my voice box and have this be some sort of bonus for me. The surgery itself and the replacement for getting some sort of "voice" seems to be much more complicated.

I want to get through the surgery without any rude surprises when waking up. I'm going to elect to have nothing done except the nodes and biopsies. It's all I can handle.

Jen