Hi Lisa, my husband was 55 and had the lymph nodes in levels 1 thru 5 removed. He's completed rehab for his shoulder and that function is good, he does still have lymphedema which is not a big deal.

PET scans 2 months post treatment will give false positives. There's a lot of information on that if you search this forum.

At times you need to just go with it - I would have the surgery.

Regards JoAnne

JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.