Philly, you have found a place where you can learn as well as come for support. I am sorry that you have to be here. Rest easy as you can in these next days and weeks. No matter how bad it seems you always have hope.

Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.