I have started drinking liquids and am doing ok ...but it takes effort to get it back to my throat - over my tongue. I can taste a little on the sides of my tongue and to the back of my throat. It is faint in taste - No one is answering my question about ---Did someone out there have 3/4 or more of tongue replaced with a free flap and if they ever had feeling in their tongue or were they able to taste much ...how was the swallowing of foods etc after a while? Can you tell me what to expect.Everyone seems to avoid this question .....Help
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53 Year Old Female Non Smoker - Non Drinker
Stage 2 Squamous Carcenoma middle tongue, Surgery 9/3/2010 15 hour operation, Neck distention,right - lymph node removed/ok -some tongue dysplasia - free flap/forearm, left arm, skin graph-thigh, lip split/jaw 1 tooth removed/PEG