Amy, for what it's worth I heard a lot of diferent stats about Stage II. My ENT originally said 75-80% chance of a cure. When I went for a second opinion at Dana Farber they told me that without radiation I had a 30% chance of recurrence (Like you, I had clean nodes and clean margins but my tunmor did show signs of perineural invasion and I'm not sure if that influences the odds they gave me) but they told me with radiation and chemo I had an 80-85% chance of cure.

Like you, the numbers are ones I want to know. I'm used to thinking in terms of statistics. But, ultimately, I can't know what's in my future no matter what. Although I have been given better odds than others in here, to me even an 80% chance of cure is scary--worse odds than Russian roulette and, in my case, having already used my magic radiation bullet, a recurrence would be worse news than in your case where you could still zap it with radiation.

When I think about this at all it terrifies me (and on top of that I have to add in odds of a breast cancer recurrence). Often I cope by denial that it could possibly come back to get me. Sometimes that doesn't work and I just sit with the fear. When I think about it, I try to use it to focus my current life on what I value and love. TAnd enjoy the moment. There's really not much else any of us can do.

Nelie