Hi Marty,

We were very shocked to hear about the neck dissection for my husband. I really think we would have gotten the second opinion, but since the lymph node did not get any smaller, that is the main reason he is going ahead with the dissection. I had read that a lot of the hospitals do not do the surgery any more. I did, however read that the University of Florida was still recommending it, if the lymph node was over 1.5 cm after treatment. His was 2 cm when he started, and still is, even though the doctor said it looks like it has dead cells inside from the CT scan.

I am so worried that they might still contain the live cancer cells, and what they would have to do next. Since you stated that your husband had the live cancer cells, what did that mean. Is he done, because they are gone, or is there more chemo now, or something else. I am not looking forward to the surgery, because I am so worried they will find it is still there.

I am glad to hear that the surgery was easy, and he feels great. How long was your husband in the hospital? I hope it is that way for my husband too. He has done so great so far, hopefully this is the easy part.

Thanks for the info.

Sharon