I could not do the surgery as it went from my tonsil to my tounge and upper pallet and the surgeon at UCSF will not do surgery if he thinks you would need radiation after ,so he made it easy for me my oncologist gave me 42 treatments of radiation I did 2 treatments a day for 2 weeks then 1 treatment a day for the rest I actually worked through my treatments and only took 2 weeks off when my partner got sick it has been tough I'm ten weeks now since the last treatment the hardest thing is dry mouth and not being able to eat ,I made sure to keep drinking boost and ensure and some soups so I did not get a feeding tube as I heard recovery is harder if you get one . If I could of taken care of it with surgery alone I would of done it ,however if I had to do radiation afterwards I would not do the surgery hope this helps try and stay positive and have a good support group I personally think they went overkill on the Radiation with me and don't delay mine traveled from my tonsil and lymph node from delaying it went into my tongue and upper pallet , you will have good days and bad days and there will be times when you might need pain meds to get through ill pray for you , prayers have been helping me through its a long road that is humbling