Before anybody does anything to you, you need to get a consultation at a comprehensive cancer center. There you will be evaluated by GROUP of doctors from different disciplines, radiation, chemo, surgery etc. and together they will come up with an ideal treatment plan for you. There are likely more test that need to be done before they begin anything. A complete head and neck MRI and a chest CT scan to look at your lungs would be minimum.

This is all scary, and all that you are feeling is appropriate and normal. But the shock of it all will be more controllable when you find yourself in the care of a competent group of head and neck cancer specialists. There are a ton of great cancer centers in the north east. Don't let geography decide where you will be treated. This board is full of people that have been though it all. We will help you understand your options, make good choices, and listen when it all seems to much.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.