Thank you Tammy. Did you say you had surgery and afterwards the chemo and radiation, if I understood it correctly? Does that put you at risk of the cancer spreading to other parts of your body to have the surgery first and then the radiation and/or chemo? I've just lost my husband in Feb. 2008 and I can't find it in my heart to tell my Mom. My son is a great help but he works all the time. I will ask someone from a church maybe or the cancer society when I find it here to help me. During my husbands illiness, he had enphysema for years, we lost our home and everything else, then I lost him, and now I'm dealing with this and it's a bit overwhelming. I am exhausted and didn't know where to turn until I found this website. Now I feel I can at least find some answers to some of my questions or know how to ask some important questions that will help me to make informed decisions.