An added benifit of the Lidocaine is that you can use is on the burns that you will get on your hands from cooking again when you are up for it. Yes, personal experience...but it really does work well.

DX on 05/01/06 with SCC of right tongue. 05/11/06 surgery-tumor 1.2cm & 4 cm clear margins & parital glos. & neck dissection with removal of 34 nodes/1 positive at 4mm)T1N1MO
35 IGRT & 3 cycles of chemo (1 cisplatin & 2 carbo-complete on 8/9/06.