Eilish,

It's hard to know for sure whether more feeling will come back (as you can see from some of the previous posts). There are some similarities between your diagnosis and treatment and what I had (although I had 34 conventional radiation treatments in between surgery and brachytherapy).

I can't remember for sure how long it took for the numbness and tingling to go away in my neck -- I do know it was a matter of years, not months. However, I did get to the point where ALL of the sensation returned in my neck and jaw area. Today when I feel anywhere around my scar, it is no different than what it was years ago pre-surgery.

Cathy


Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989