Hey Lowanne,
Did they take all of the tongue? My hubby had a bit more than 1/3 removed. After a week in the hospital and weeks at home until the tract hole closed up, he was able to talk pretty plain. A little trouble with d's and t's, etc. That got better, but now he is 8 weeks post chemo/rad and says his tongue feels like it's healing again and he has started having trouble with d's and t's again. We used the dry erase board also...frustrating when Dan was too sick and high from the meds to write...he just scribbled and I would have to guess his need...I told him I was never good at Charades...we got some laughs out of my guessing!!
Take care and God bless,
Debbie