I had a near total glossectomy in November and radiation didn't affect my speech just my swallowing. Just curious, why so long between surgery and radiation/chemo?

Lynn

Stage 3, N0, M0 oral tongue cancer survivor, 85-90% of tongue removed, neck disection, left tonsil removed, chemo/radiation treatments, surgery 11/03, raditation ended 1/04, lung mets discovered 4/04,