OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 42 | I was just wondering what others' experiences with your flap have been. Since my surgery my tongue has a painful/sore throbbing and doing the exercises from the speech therapist really wears my tongue out. I expected it to feel somewhat sore, but not like this. Is this common? If so, then when did it subside for you? Does it just get better the stronger your tongue gets? I'm still having trouble sleeping as I feel so uncomfortable once I lay down to relax. I am able to eat solid foods again and swallowing isn't an issue, but I still have difficulties using my tongue to clean my mouth and control the food, so eating is painful also.
Female, Age 38, healthy non-smoker, rarely drank, regularly workout
May 2014 noticed irritation on tongue
6/18 saw doctor
6/25 saw ENT specialist got biopsy
6/30 Dx HPV P16+ ve SCC tongue cancer
7/9 CT scans, no visible spread
8/20 partial glossectomy with radial forearm flap, neck dissection 26 nodes sampled - results T2 N0 with mild dysplasia
4/2015 start to have ear pain
5/2015 recurrence
6/4/2015 surgery 29 nodes samples pN 2c
7/13/2015 7 wks of Chemo & Radiation start
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