Alpaca

Margaret has it right. Your tongue motion, speech and eating will not get better on their own. A good speech therapist can give you home exercises that will significantly improve all three of your concerns. They are tedious and boring and do not produce immediate results, so patience is needed. You are not even a month out, so this is a great time to start on getting back your flexibility, speech and eating. Good luck.
It is now 10 months after my surgery and my wrist wound/flap is just beginning to fade and blend in so just give that some time - out of all my issues, the wrist flap is the only thing that resolved itself all on its own (although I did have to keep it slathered with lotion)
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