My last PET scan says that my tumor on the base of my tongue is 100% gone; but they still want me to have an opperation to remove the lymph node on the right side of my neck just to be sure. The doctors say I am cancer free but that this type of cancer has a 50/50 chance of coming back, and when it does it comes back with a vengance. I have elected to have the opperation. I will be going down the VA Hospital the end of this month (April) to meet with the anastesia doctor prior to the opperation. Then I will have a CAT scan so that the surgon can study it for help during the opperation. I am told that the opperation should not create any problems with my voice, other then what I already have because of the radation treatments having burnt out my salavary glands which makes my mouth and throat very dry and if I don't continually drink water my voice gets very raspy. My wife however says that gives my voice a "smoky" tinge to it, lol. I will send out another update after my operation. Please pray for me to have a favorable outcome from my opperation