Feb 04 - Had subtotal glossectomy with reconstruction of tongue (radial forearm free flap) and floor of mouth defect, left neck dissection, pharyngoplasty, and mandibular osteotomy. Neotongue was sutured to floor of mouth. PEG Tube inserted - still have. 36 rads finished May 04. Therapy for speech and swallowing started Dec 04. Therapist noted that I would most likely be limited to foods that I could use my syringe with since my tongue cannot propel the food back for swallowing due to its immobility which means protracted dependence on PEG tube and poor speech.Therapist just showed me an excerpt from a swallowing therapy book that seemed to suggest that the tongue could be surgically "freed" from floor of mouth to provide movement. Does anyone know if this is possible?