AJ. Sorry to hear of your illness. The more you study this site the more knowledge you will have for decisions you will need to make. I can't say for sure what it is, but for me i found comfort here. I think it let me know what to expect, and to know others have already when through it and were okay. My own thread on here starts about a month before my surgery and continues even now a year later. But I wouldn't want you to only see my stories, it very important that you view others that did not have as good as outcome as myself and others. So if you have time just dive into the different thread. There is almost nothing you can't ask here and almost no question that someone here has not already experience. The last thing i will say is that be it chemo, surgery, whatever, the human body is a lot tougher then one thinks, and i bet you will find you are too.
Duke