Thanks for responding. No my brother did not get chemo.

It's a long story...but he does not have any type of insurance...I hope that hasn't played into the fact of not treating him fully. He has medicaid pending...but was denied and we had to resubmit...it seems as if he is getting the proper care...but everyone is waithing for medicaid approval, I don't know what will happen if he truely gets denied. He lives alon and doesn't have any income right now at all. My sister is paying his bills, so that is a blessing.

It was kind of found in a round about way, and we wound up at a plastic surgeons office (after a oral surgeon refered us) who asked us what insurance he had, when he found out he didn't have any he refered him to a clinic that he volunteers at.

We went to a clinic that is staffed by resident surgeons.
He was opearted on by a plastic surgeon in his last year of residency, who was supervised during surgery by an attending plastic surgeon. We felt he did a fantastic job with the surgery and was very caring. We asked him about the know a month ago, and he said he wasn't concerned...that he would watch it. Well then he moved out of state, and now he has a new resident plastic surgeon.

The ps didn't feel chemo was necessary...just the radiation. He doesn't have an oncologist per say, so I don't know who to ask about the chemo.
He does have a radiation ongologist. He has another appointment in 3 weeks with the ps to discuss options after he has completed radiation, he does not want to interup the radiation.

He had 43 lymphnodes removed and 3-4 were cancerous. The original ps said he removed all of the cancer he saw. They staed him as 3 something (I am not clear on that).

I hope your sister is ok....did they give you any idea what to expect from here?

Thanks!

Angie