Thank you all so much for your posts. This place has been a real godsend - removing a large portion of anxiety by helping me to understand what the next step is and what to expect. Thank you all.

David is in surgery now. The Dr. said it would be at least 3 hours - so about 3/4 of the way through as of right now. I'll post updates here when I get access to a computer - otherwise, you're welcome to follow my updates on Twitter (I can post those from my Blackberry smile

http://twitter.com/phillyrussell





Mom of 4, wife and caregiver to David, 37 yrs old, diagnosed 12/4/08 SSC T4NXMX Maxillectomy on 1/8/09. 19 out of 30 scheduled rounds of IMRT Radiation Therapy. Cancer free!! (Last checkup 8/09) Next 10/23/09