Nelie, The appointment went well. She said she had biopsied 'the poop' (her words) out of his mouth and found no cancer anywhere. Anyway, she gave a script for the hyperbaric oxygen treatment and he meets with the doctor for the initial appointment next Thursday, then should start treatment after that. I have to tell you he is balking at this a bit right now after finding out the extent of what is required. There are 30 "dives" (in the oxygen chamber) involved, 1-1/2 - 2 hours each, 6 times a week for 5 weeks. Only one hospital in our large city has this available and it is probably about a 60-90 minute drive round-trip. So it sounds like it will be about a 4 hour event almost every day for 5 weeks. The treatment itself is basically just sitting and breathing, and he can apparently bring in books or watch videos. He is not real thrilled about doing this especially after the 6-1/2 weeks of radiation treatments daily from a few months ago. I'll keep you posted on progress.

Oh yeah, the surgeon said that it looks like a "hot spot" was caused by too much radiation at the surgery site. She is asking the rad onc to go back and review his measurements and treatment plan to see if he can locate the cause of the problem.