Radiation is not much fun, but it can preserve tissue. In retrospect, it was not that bad.
Considering that you have multiple glossectomies, I would recommend that you consult a CCC with a multidisciplinary team. Does your physician (surgeon?) know why you get recurrences.
There are several people that had IMRT a second time.

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Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.