Cathy,
That's really neat! How long have you lived in Florida and how close are you to Englewood? Small world. Rod is doing very well. Tx ended in July 04. We were just talking about how March 31 will be 1 year from his diagnosis. He saw an ENT who diagnosed him & then Dr Orman. He was in Venice hospital to have his peg tube put in. They kept him overnight to start chemo the next day.He was stage 4 also but did not have surgery, the docs opted for radiation & chemo concurrent. His tumor was large on his tonsil and I think to operate would have caused a big deformaty.He is doing well now. He saw the ENT who first diagnosed him in Feb and the doc couldn't believe how good he looked. So I will continue to pray for him that this continues. He is having a hard time gaining weight though. He was small to begin with (145-150_ and went down to 110 even with the peg. I think his anxiety helped with that also. But he's eating almost everything now except bread.ANd always carries his water bottle. Anyway how are you and if you don't mind me asking since it was so long ago, how often do you still get checked? Maybe even Dr orman could refer you to someone? Let me know what you find out! God bless! Maureen