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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Laureanne, I can help with the arm question. The site where they harvested the graph from will take several weeks to heal. Im now 13 months post graph and my arm still is red and ugly. It is lighter than what it was last year but it still doesnt look much different than it did. My arm was very painful for the first 3-4 months post surgery. I had 40 staples there, some of them became twisted and had to be dug out to get removed.
Hope you get more responses from others who have had tongue surgery.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
