All of the advice, suggestions and stories that you have all been through are really helping me out. As you all know I am extremely frightened at this point. Not only because of my speech but also because I have yet to have my PET scan (scheduled for mid-October) My doctor assured me that the surgery went well and they removed everything but due to a lymphnode rupturing he advised me to at least do the radiation treatment explaining he was "on the fence" about the chemo. I completed the 31 rad. treatments and it has been just over a month since completion. I have noticed swelling in my right neck most notably along my jaw line, which just last week swelled up pretty big and within a few days went back down (not completely) and is still somewhat hard to the touch. This has me somewhat nervous but at the same time I was told these side effects will may happen as a result of the healing of the tissue from the radiation. If someone could give me some knowledge on that I would definatly appreciate it.
As for Speech therapy I have not started any. I was not informed by any of my doctors of doing any either. I have thought it would be a good idea and would definatly be interested in setting it up if it means it will aid in my speech becoming more clear.
Again, thank you all and I look forward to hearing more from you!