For follow ups I would check our Bill Amstrong at UCI in Orange. He has been on the best doctors in the US two years in a row, and is a well known head and neck cancer guy. I've used him for follow up work for about 4 years after MDACC;

Staging at this point is not iportant to you. It was to the doctors that treatment planned you, but that is history.

Let's what would be non med mechanisms for getting to sleep, warm milk,counting sheep, sensory depravation rooms, Don't be a puss... we all take meds to sleep. Given what you've been through taking Ambien or something is no big deal. Jim's experience with it is not the norm. Or some other benzodiazepam, but their durations are longer than 8 hours.

I'm in OC. If you need to talk give me a call.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.