Thank you so much for your reply. We will definitely keep a close eye on her after surgery. She will not be able to speak, so we got her a boogy board to write on. I'm glad you mentioned the pain meds and will ask the doctor to do that for her. She has been through so much already. We are hoping and praying this surgery will be a success and she can finally quit worrying and being afraid.

Laryngectomy after chemo and radiation 2 1/2 years ago. Now has base of tongue tumor, had chemo to shrink tumor before surgery with no response. Surgery to remove 1/2 of tongue and rebuild is scheduled in 3 days.