Gary,

I was stunned when I read some of the figures in your post. I remember sitting down with a big stack of medical invoices after I was finished with all my treatment and adding them up to try to determine the total cost. What I came up with (17 years ago) was a total of around $30,000 for: a) multiple scans and other tests to arrive at the treatment plan, b) partial glossectomy and right side neck dissection, c) radiation simulation plus 34 daily XRT treatments, d) radiation implant (surgical procedure) followed by a hospital stay, which I was told equated to an additional 5 daily treatments.

I guess this just proves what has happened to medical costs in the past couple of decades.

Cathy