Thanks for the replies. The surgeon said HBO treatments would be the next step if this procedure doesn't work. I know everybody is different but is this something that can progress rapidly? The Doc said two months on the antibotic.

The oral surgeon is also a dentist. I just hope he's being aggressive enough.

Wife of Jim, 53, ex smoker, who had neck dissection, & flap surgery for floor of mouth cancer May 2008, 33 radiation treatments. One positive lymph node. Peg tube removed Oct 15.