Bill,

I'm glad you were able to get a more complete explanation from your RO than what you apparently got in your previous discussion with him. Going into something as daunting as cancer treatment, it's really important to understand the "why" of what your doctors are recommending. There were times after my surgery when I was hearing from my medical team that I needed to go ahead with radiation, and at first I didn't see the reason for ANY radiation because the surgery came out with clean margins and no lymph node involvement. It was my doctors' concern about those microscopic, undetectable cancer cells that caused them to argue so strenuously for the aggressive approach they had mapped out.

I hope all goes well for you during your treatment and that it does the job getting rid of your cancer for good. Please keep us updated as you go along.

Cathy