OP  "OCF Canuck" Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 47 | Hi Cheryl,
I had surgery at TGH (which is in the same UHN as PMH) by Dr Irish and Dr Goldstein. I'm very interested in finding out h ow other patients with similar complete tongue removal recover, how fast and how soon were they able to east, speak and taste.
What you mentioned about misskate is very encouraging. How soon did she recover the taste, speech and eating? Did she have a reconstructed tongue also. That was amazing.
Joseph 59 male
pain in tongue strt 2/10/12, Dx SCC 3/19/12, confirmed Stg IV 4/5/12,
Total Glsctmy & recon w/ flap from L thigh, neck disct, trach 4/27/12
G-Tube 5/1/12
55 nodes all clear
completed 2 chemo 33 rad
non-smoker, non-drinker, exercise daily, mostly vegetarian diet...go figure
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