Hope I'm doing this right - never posted here before and not quite as computer savvy as my wife. Got diagnosis a week or so ago of squamous cell on my tongue and it's been there awhile so I'm looking at stage 4 but Doctor's say it is curable. Not sure how much I believe curable right now, I prefer to call it treatable. Surgery is scheduled for March 17 and will take most of my tongue with it and will be an all day surgery.

It's good to read on this site that I'm not the only one with this and people due return to reasonably normal lives but that helps your thoughts for the future, not for what you are getting ready to go through. Hardest part is what I'm putting my wife through as she really did not ask for this.

Any advice on how to prepare for the upcoming weeks? I'll be in the hospital for a week or two, tell me honestly how bad will it be?