Hi all,

From what I was told during Richards op (by his surgeon), I understand that the "c" that was on the base of his tongue growing and dying rapidly, he said it was trying to find a good blood supply but had not managed it, the dead cells had started to get infected and there was some pus, everything was "surface" (whatever that means) the right side of the tongue had a maximum invasion of 5mm (just read that from the results I asked for!)
Hope that helps clarify some stuff!
Sammie & Richard

C/G to Husband Richard SCC Op 4/1/2005 T2N0M0,Neck disection, 35% of tongue removed.
Reoccurance 3/2007,Lymph Node same side Positive SCC, Swelled to 2.5 inches. IMRT X35 Cis X3 Completed 33 IMRT Cis x2 carbo X1 MET to lungs post treatment 10/04/2007
Passed peacefully 31st July 2008.