I HAD RADIATION AND CHEMO BEFORE SURGERY. I WENT TO THE IRELAND CANCER CENTER. THEY MADE IT SOUND THAT RADIATION WAS A BREEZE. 8 MONTHS LATER I AM STILL ON A FEEDING TUBE. I HAD A SELECTIVE NECK DISECTION ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I HAD A PET SCAN THAT SHOWED A LITTLE CANCER ON THE LYMPNOD. MY JAW WOULD NOT OPEN ALL THE WAY I AM DOING EXERCISES NOW. MY DOCTOR DID NOT REALLY WANT TO DO SURGERY HE FIGURED THE CHEMO AND RADIATION WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. IT DID NOT WANT TO MESS WITH MY TONGUE. WELL MY TONGUE LOOKS GOOD CANNOT STICK IT OUT ALL THE WAY GOOD LUCK THIS IS THE MOST TRYING TIME I HAVE HAD.