Mac,

Did you have radiation? My moms situation sounds similar. Her doctor wanted to keep radiation as a back up and she had her first surgery and partial glossectomy done with no radiation. About 7 months later she had what her doctor called a recurrance but we strongly feel it was just some of the cancer that grew out something that the ENT left behind. Since she had the second surgery December 03 and then radiation and chemo ending in March 04 she has been cancer free. My mom battled 10 years of precancerous lesions on her tongue and now she is finally able to live without some annoying sore on her tongue. I strongly feel that the radiation was a key factor in making this go away.

Dani