Thanks for the reply. I am currently being treated at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. They have their own Melanoma Center. My oncologist specializes in Melanoma and is an expert in immunotherapies. I just had a scan and an mri yesterday so they can build a 3d model of my head and determine wether conventional low dose radiation or cyberknife treatment is in order. More surgery is not an option as the tumor is right next to and being fed by the carotid artery. Full body scans have shown no evidendence of metastatic disease anywhere else. Radiation to that are will likely destroy whatever hearing I have left in that ear. That sort of sucks but sure beats the alternative!!
