Roger,

I'm glad your surgery went well and that you're healing nicely at this point. As far as radiation goes, I'd suggest that you listen to your head and neck team. I also was in the position of having great surgical results and really not wanting to have radiation. However, my team thought it was the safest approach in light of my pathology report. Radiation was certainly tough to deal with, but as time has passed, I've never had any reason to regret having it (and that was almost 18 years ago).

Cathy