Hi Erica and welcome....sorry we didn't get to you sooner!! I actually went to UPenn and didn't have a good experience. Also, saw the head surgeon (supposed to be the best at Penn) The surgeon I saw did 3 partial glossectomies (removal of some tongue) and by the 3rd I said why do you think this is happening? He said "I don't know" So I now go to Fox Chase Cancer Center. Not to say changing docs is the best thing to do but I would start looking for a 2nd or 3rd opinion. Especially if they current doc doesn't know what to do.


Suzanne
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T1 SCC on right side of tongue
Age 31...27 when diagnosed
4 partial glossectomies
No chemo or radiation
Biopsy on 2/2/10-Clear
Surgery needed again...no later than April 2011
Loving life and just became a mother on 11/25/10
It's not what we CAN'T do..it's what we CAN do:)