Thanks. Nice to hear from all of you about your experiences with this! Sounds like I can weather the jaw split okay and won't look like a character from a Mary Shelley novel. :-) I will however check into seeing if they can do it without splitting the jaw.

Interesting to hear about the tracheotomy. I had wondered how that would be. I think I will dislike it also, but sounds like it is more annoying than anything.

Had a call from the dr. to discuss the surgery, but they called my home. I called back and left my office number, but haven't heard from them yet. I will try again in a bit.

OH! Almost forgot. I sat my daughter down last night and told her about the surgery. Told her what they would do, and that I would have a scar and look "different" for a while. Also explained it was cancer, but that I would be fine and the dr.'s would remove it. All she asked was if she could come see me in the hospital. What a sweetie.

Anyway, thanks again, and I will update as I know more. Thank you for helping me through this difficult process.

Jennifer

P.S. Mark, my husband and I have wills in place, but it doesn't include our new baby yet. I will work to get it ammended. Thank you for the reminder.