Hi, Rob. I am sorry that you and your wife have to go through this experience. I, too, had SCC on the hard palate as well as the right maxilla. My details and treatment were different from yours, but still I feel a kinship. There are not many people on the forum with SCC of the palate.

I see that you are in Knoxville. One of our contributors, Raymond Cupp, lives in Knoxville and had surgery for SCC of the palate at UT on this past Friday. Not surprisingly, he has not posted since then, but I expect him to post again as soon as he feels better. He might be a good source of information about UT.

I wish you the best. Please keep us posted, and ask anything you wish of anyone on this forum. It is a wonderful place to get information you can't get anywhere else. And it is a place where people understand what you are going through.