Kat,
I am 32 and was recently diagnosed (10/13/05)with right lateral tongue cancer. No enlarged lymph nodes were seen on my CT. I had a neck disection anyway, and there was cancer in one node and now I am going to be getting radiation next month.
I'm not sure where you are in your treatment - are you getting second opinions or surgery? (The neck surgery was not so bad - my tongue surgery hurt worse.)
Best of luck and feel free to email me. I think we are going through very similar things right now.
- Laura G

Laura G.,32 yo mother of 2, SCC of lateral tongue (T1N1M0), dx 10/13/05 w/ right partial glossectomy. 11/7/05 neck dissection at Hopkins with one positive node and further removal of tongue tissue, currently undergoing IMRT with Cisplatin