Thank you Eileen, glad to hear you are doing so well. I did not get burnt from the radiation. I was very,very darkly tanned. This peeled off and my neck looked normal one week post TX, early June. I had tonsil cancer left side but got full neck radiation. I am not having problems healing right now; actually one month post TX my doctor said the inside of my throat looked like it hadn't even been treated. But with surgery my doctor anticipates problems with scar tissue and healing. My thyroid panels are fine, but a biopsy I had on a nodule in August looks suspicious to my Oncology ENT. My Endo intially reported it benign in August. So this is the second opinion. Also my doctor does not feel this is related to the tonsil tumor and is not in a big hurry and is waiting until March to make her final opinion. Thanks for your input. Take care, Teresa