That is cool David.

We've got good doctors here (all from UAB CCC) and our oncology nurses are trained there as well. And they do communicate alot - always stepping out to call the other while we wait and usually start the conversation with I talked to ENT or RO or Oral Surgeon, etc. and I always take copies of the notes from each visit to give to the other guy and each time they have already had them. They also talk back to their colleagues at UAB regulaarly and my MO is the Research Director here, not that that has helped with this crazy rare cancer, but he knows what's out there and they guys that are doing it.

I just have to have faith that we made the right decision being treated here. I don't want to beat myself up about it and Dan really really really wanted to stay here in town so here we are. And honestly when we scheduled the initial surgery (parotidectomy and ND) we thought it was benign so I really wasn't thinking ahead to all this kind of stuff.

We'll get to the "bottom" of this new issue tomorrow morning and move on to the next step from there. I'm worried, but I'm human - so what can I say :-).


Michelle, CG to husband (45), DX 2/08 Stage IVa Adenocarcinoma Salivary Gland (T2N2bMO)
Parotidectomy & ND 2/08, Tumor margins not clear, 4 of 30 nodes positve for cancer,
TX IMRT 39x, cisplatin 7x (completed 5/1/08),
PEG (4/22 - 7/9), No port. Currently in remission!