So sorry to hear the news, Debbie. We are going through the exact same thing except hubby was not a candidate for surgery for his recurrence. One of his tumors is also surrounding the carotid (he has two that we know of). He starts radiation this afternoon and chemo tomorrow.

I'd love to keep up together off-line. Feel free to email me - if you have in the past and I haven't answered please excuse me! I'm over a month behind in mail and hope to get a jump on it after the holidays.


Our Story: http://hncancer.com
Husband: Mike, age 62
SCC soft palate, Stage IVa, [T2 N2c M0]
Diagnosed 4/16/01, Palatectomy, Partial Pharyngectomy, Comprehensive
Radical Left Neck Dissection 7/25/01, 30 Radiation treatments 9/10/01,
Recurrent SCC Right Lymph Nodes 11/6/03, starting IMRT 12/29/03 & Cisplatin 12/30/03