Well,

Thank you all for your encouragement, your kindness, your thoughts and prayers. We went for the second opinion and my otolaryngologist thought there was nothing to worry about although he said just because they move around is not a postive sign of no cancer. He then proceeded to tell me I can still see him every 8 weeks if I was willing to drive a little farther to Nashville. He assured me that should I have a recurrence, he would gladly do any surgery or further treatment. He then told me I was "well fed" which was much more diplomatic than the "huge" last time.

Susan and I switched chairs and then he methodically checked her out. He looked down her throat with a mirror and felt it was something that would be removed and never cause future problems but cautioned us to not do a frozen path as the real results come from a complete path.

Today we spent a good portion of the day at the hospital and after about an hour or so, the doctor came out and said he did not feel there was anything to be concerned about and even stopped short of any lymph node removal. He said he removed everything and did not find anything other than the one spot on the base of the tongue. We should get the path results by Wednesday. I will certainly update y'all then.

Thanks so much for letting me lean on you. You are the greatest folks I have ever known and I am truly honored to know each and every one of you.

Your friend,

Ed