First, Mr. Brian you are an awesome human being and so helpful, just wanted to say that.

But real quick, I remembered what the oral surgeon told me that stuck like glue. When she looked at it before my biopsy she said and I quote " I will be honest with you Nathan, I dont know what that is?". And went on to tell me that when they are in school to become doctors,surgeons,EMT and such that they have little if any training at all on the tongue. She said basically the final exam is throat, head and thats it. That I guess they basically skip the tongue, anyone else verified or heard that before? Because what messed me up so much was I was continously told " I have no idea what that is " and then the infamous " I wouldnt lose any sleep over it though,just keep an eye on it". So it was just so crazy, even got asked if I had been out of the country!?! So I prepared myself for a weird parasite living in my tongue and not this...Right about now, Id take the parasite.

Nathan


SCC left lateral tongue, left neck dissection. 2 nodes positive. 3 All Clear then ITS BACK 8/23/11 Shows 1cm in tongue in CT SCAN, Radial Free Arm Flap with Radical Neck Dissection 9/20/11 , All Nodes Negative, But Tongue Tumor Poorly Differentiated. Awaiting next step in treatment on 10/5/11... RIP Nate 7/28/12