Very interesting to read all these varied reactions to the surgery. In my case I was left with a tongue that now, 20 months after the operation, is still numb on the left side. The left side facial neuropathy is better but also still far from normal. None of my docs seem to know if I'll ever regain feeling in the tongue. It's a strange sensation and I know a lot of you have similar strangeness and worse.

But very glad to be alive!
D2

David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18