Thanks to all of you for the advice. The otolaryngologist I'm headed to see on Tuesday is at the OU Med Center in Oklahoma City. I've heard great things about it and they have oncologists etc... on staff.

I will make sure to ask how many oral cancer cases they see a year and see how hard they plan to hit this. I think from what I've read on this site and what I've read on my own, I will have a good idea how to proceed after talking to the surgeon.

I'll let you know how it goes on Tuesday!

Jennifer

Jennifer
Stage II (T2N0M0) SCC diag 4/21/05; partial glossectomy & selective neck dissection (good margins and lymyph nodes negative), jaw split, 1/3 of tongue removed, free flap from left forearm - 5/23/05; 42 years old at diagnosis