Hi Jen,
Let me start out by saying welcome. Sorry to meet under these circumstances. I had IMRT myself. I had my tumor surgically removed prior to starting (thats how they found the cancer) and my radio oncologist said it would be a basic mop up job. I was never told about 3D V.S. IMRT just that IMRT was the best. I think you will get many things out of this lousy adventure but one of the things that will stand out the most is how fragmented cancer treatment is in this country. My story is long and I have told it many time but I can tell you that I got several opinions prior to submitting to the University Of Chicago due to the fact that Dr. Everett Vokes (U Of C) invented the treatment protocol that most of the top treatment centers use. They are also getting a higher success rate than any of the places I called upon.
Some of the places I went to (Sloan Kettering,Beth Isrieal,M.D. Anderson, Loyola, Northwestern, Mayo) did not want to do any Chemo just surgery and radiation. However, most did. Some want to give me a radical neck dissection some didn