I'm a one year tongue cancer survivor. Squamos cell carcinoma at the base of my tongue on the left side. I was diagnosed as stage IV. Had the whole experience, surgery, chemo,and radiatation. Lost a good bit of my taste,lost teeth during the surgery. I have difficult speech now, and I'm still eating soft food (Yuck). But really, I'm just happy to be alive. Happy to say that my most recent PET scan came back clean.