The great news.....I'm 4.5 years post surgery and no sign of return cancer. Half of my tongue was replaced with wrist flap. My speech is okay, but i have a job where i need to talk a lot. People notice the discoloration in my tongue (1/2 of my tongue looks white). It's distracting. Do others have a similar experience? Any advice (other than just get over it....)? THANK YOU

i was diagonosed with stage 2 SCC cancer August 2009 (at 39). 9/15/2009 I had free flap (wrist) tongue reconstruction and right side neck dissection 30+ nodes all neg. I had a Trach & ng tube - 14 days in the hospital. no risk factors. non smoker. HPV neg.