Thanks so much for your answer. How is your speech? Are you working? Is your speech back to normal? I know these are kind of naive questions but I don't know anyone who's had the procedure. At this point it's hard to imagine normality although I feel well in myself, I can eat bananas and strawberries and can talk for ages on the phone - albeit with that swollen tongue distortion confused

1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.