Hi Brian,
I saw the show last night also, was about to change the channel until I heard about the surgery. I was delighted that awareness of this disease was touched upon, wish they could have been more definitive/realistic. Today I went to get my haircut, the stylist commented on how long it had gotten and I explained that I have been taking care of my mother who just completed tx's for tongue cancer. She scared me as she suddenly lunged forward and faced me, telling me she had just seen Grey's last night, and there was a woman who had that! She asked me some questions, one being, is it that easy to take care of, go into the ER and they just decide to do surgery? I told her no, that I definitely agreed with Dr. McDreamy, that they had no business performing that surgery.
Next week I will be attending another D.A.R.E. meeting at my daughters elementary school. This week I spoke with the officer in charge about bringing in my mom's mask and her mouth guard she had to wear during brachytherapy, and pictures of the different kinds of head and neck cancers. He was delighted, he can't use them at Jessie's school but can in the middle school. Hopefully it will help in educating our youth.
Thanks for all that you do!
Donna