Lisa,

You spoke about your Aunt Rosemary having adhesions removed after glossectomy. I had a near total glossectomy 31 months ago and am still on a PEG tube. My flap is "tacked down" in front and my oral cancer doctor did not offer any hope that the flap could ever have any mobility. I can swallow some things but because I have no tongue mobility my therapist has me using a syringe to "shoot" liquids and pastes to the back of my mouth for swallowing. I have no control with "regular" eating. I would give my right arm for any tongue mobility.

Question for you is did Rosemary have complete glossectomy or just a partial glossectomy?

Jim Haucke
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SCC Rt lateral tongue Dx 9/03, Surg 11/03 (T2/N0M0);recur SCC BOT and anterior tongue Dx 1/04; surg 2/04 (T4/N0M0) subtotal glossectomy, forearm free flap, floor of mouth reconstruction,pharyngoplasty;trach until 3/04;PEG still have; 36 rad (3/04-5/04)therapy 12/04-12/05; 2 esophagus endoscopies