Hi Sir,

thanks for the reply! I'm very alarmed because I didn't get a notification about your post in my email even tho I set this up in my preferences. This means that the few hours I spent today tracking down people in this website who live in in India and sending them messages might have been a waste of time too. The website doesn't seem to work very well. It has me very anxious...so I need to find out about that!

Anyway, papa is 57 or 58, in stage 1. and we are not able to even find out whether his cancer is well or moderately differentiated after two conflicting biopsies, which from what i understand makes a big difference in prognosis. We are really concerned about finding a good doctor. doctors in india are not always very thororough and know less about preventive care. husband leaves in a few days to go to india. the weight of doing the research is on us. Next I need to look into treatment options, but it sounds like most of the docs papa has seen recommend surgery. So either way time is of the essence.

god bless,
natasha


FIL completed treatment 10/08. CG to father in Law in india who had SCC oral tongue T2N2M0. FIL underwent surgery, neck dissection, IMRT, and erbitux without losing weight or getting nauseated. Completed October 2008. SO far so good.