wow, thank you very much, everyone here. I can see i need to keep my mind open about this and need to get more information. I see both the surgeon today and the neck & throat docs for my follow-up visit. I beleive i am getting the pathology report today as well as with the stage.

Docs were pretty stumped with my case as i do not smoke and only drink socially. 36 yrs old this past march. Only thing that it seems to point to is bad wisdom teeth that i have had for quite a while.

My surgery consisted of 2 cuts on the tongue which is alot less than the surgeon thought they would need. The first cut was all tumor and the second cut was 100% clean. The neck was an upper hyoid, sorry for mispelling, dissection. Two cuts on either side of the neck to check the upper lymph nodes. Right side nodes top chain tested positive while lower on the same chain tested negative. left side was totally negative. I will get some more answers today.

Thank you for everyone here for sharing their experiences and the wealth of information.

Frank