So you were treated at a teaching hospital? I assume then that my ENT didn't do the surgery and you went to Buffalo? Where do you have the appt. Tuesday?

Nelie

(being gawked at during rounds is one of the hazards of being in a good hospital--almost all of which are teaching hospitals--but I can understand how hard that must have been when the surgery was so much more drastic than you expected)

SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"