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.


Christine
SCC 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 smile