Hi,
I was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of my tongue in December 2015. I had a partial glossectomy (about 1/4) in January 2016. My surgeon was not happy with the margins and now I scheduled for a hemiglossectomy (with lymph node removal, tracheostomy, feeding tube and radial forearm free flap), in April 2016. I have not been told a whole lot about what exactly is going to be done or how long healing time will be or speech deficits. I hope to gain knowledge from people here who have gone through this.


51 year old non smoker
Dec.2015 Diagnosed with squamous cell cancer of tongue
Jan 2016 Clear PET
Jan 2016 Partial glossectomy
April 21,2016- hemi glossectomy with RFFF and left neck resection.
-trach for 6 days
-feeding tube for 8 days
-home on day 9
Pathology May 2016
T2 N2B M0
2 positive lymph nodes
30 rads completed July 13/2016