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Lori:
Im glad Sue responded, she has experience with what you have described. There are several others here who have also gone thru same type of recurrance too. I guess Im one of the very few lucky ones with a relatively easy recurrance that was caught very quickly. I hope your husband's turns out to be like mine.
I always thought the same as you did abotu radiation. You do it once then thats it. Even though it was a different location this time, it probably still would be considered the same place due to it being the same side. Thats how my doc explained it to me, still would have gotten scatter radiation. I dont understand that much about it, sorry. There are several people here who have gotten radiated twice, seems its something that doctors are starting to do in some cases.
Keep posting any questions you have.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
