Thanks everyone for your input. My medical oncologist & radiation oncologist at home and my surgical oncologist at the cancer center in Philadelphia all said get it out, so I guess it's coming out this week. Hope I'm making the right decision. I'm trying to go back to work soon and with the job I have it would be difficult with the tube. I am pretty nervous about the whole thing though.

Karen-age 47 5/07stage 1 tongue right side partial glossectomy 3nodes removed on right. 6/07 didn't get it all-2nd partial glossectomy. 11/07 stage 3(?) partial glossectomy,flap.all nodes removed on right side. 1/08 peg tube. IMRT 39tx,chemo-cisplatin. 5/08 left side 1 lymph node w/cancer - removed