Got to agree with NELS about the radiotherapy. It's hard going but, IMO, it's worth having those reoccurrence stats dropped. My SCC was in a lot of my tongue and 2 nodes. I had 79 removed, some of which had pre-cancerous cells forming. The RT blasts the hell out of those microscopic cells that we can't see.

A great book to read is the story of Chef Grant Achatz. He had stage iv SCC in his tongue but had a ridiculous amount of RT to get rid of it. He's been clear for nearly 10 years now.

Big thumbs up on that book. The first pages are a real shocker but it goes to show the whole process. An inspiring story for those of us with OC. Another book I recommend is "Anticancer." Being an engineer, I loved the hard science behind it. But, it also put some real research to the softer and probably more important side to our health and recovery - mindset, food, exercise, relaxation, reducing stress, friends, faith, etc. The items that traditional Western medicine barely touches.

Cheers Nels. I'll look out for "Anticancer".