My Mom had surgery on 3/31/09 to remove cancer from her neck. This is her 4th go round with the cancer - the first three times were in her mouth. They did a right radical neck dissection and the dr. said it went very well. The cancer (they think) was all contained in the one lymph node and had not spread to the jaw bone. It had invaded the covering over the bone a little, he said, but he was able to "peel" it off and it's ok. Didn't have to remove anything else but one branch of the nerve going to the right side of the mouth was embedded in the tumor so he couldn't help but damage that one. However, dr. was pleasantly surprised when she woke in recovery and smiled and the right side of her mouth also went UP. She was soooo glad it was over and said that no money could buy a team of doctors like she had. Now we're just waiting for the pathologist (mom calls him the mystery man b/c we never see him) to let us know the next step. They've told her radiation but not how much. Thank you all for your support and prayers so far in this journey. I'm really glad I found this website with so many nice, helpful people in it. Thank you again.