Just returned from followup visit and some bad news -- Nurse had smelled infection and put me on anti-biotics, but it seems that part of the blood vessel system in the front of my flap has failed and some of the flap was dying -- She excised a lot of of the "mobile" flap, about a third of that part of the tongue, right down to the floor of mouth, leaving a large crater all the way back to the molars on one side -- Plan is to leave it alone and see how it grows (apparently thigh flesh rejuvenates well).

With my body no longer trying to salvage the bad area, the rest of the healing should improve rapidly.