Thank you all so much. She has decided to listen to her SURGEON and have the entire thyroid taken out. She wont listen to me and go to a cancer hospital. Oh, i pray this goes ok and that this surgeon knows what he is doing. Thanks everyone.

Second care giver for my dad who has SCC stage 4, diagnosed 5/18/05, met to epiglottis, base of tounge, throat and lymph nodes bi laterally. IMRT 5 days a week and sisplatin every other week for 6 1/2 weeks started July 20, 2005