Hi there, I'm glad I found this website and forum. My husband was diagnosed with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma earlier this week. It appears that the cancer had spread from his tongue to lymph node(s) in his neck. CT scan showed that it has not metastasize to his chest area so that's good news. (diagnosis is T2N2M0) the surgery is in 2 weeks and i'm wondering what to expect post surgery. the doc has told us that he would need about 5 days in the hospital to be fed through the tube and then be home-cared for about 6 weeks. i'm wondering what would be the pain level that he would go through as the morphine wears off.. some told me it's not serious illness and others tell me it's going to be difficult.. just want to know what to expect (if that's possible at all..) and what i can do to give him good care. thanks in advance.