Thanks to all for your support. With every day I realize I am going to need a place like this for support. My friends are great, most have been with me for at least 30 years - so I'm very comfortable discussing anything with the "girlfriends", but I'm begining to realize they won't be able to help me as much as ya'll will. Thank you in advance.
We did receive a second opinion, and it was socialized at the Lombardi Cancer Center (Georgetown U) and Johns Hopkins. All were pretty much the same. Surgery to remove the tumor, followed up with 5 weeks of radiation to both sides of the neck and throat. No chemo. One additional poi, he has been exposed to the HPV which has some correlation.