Craig

Not a problem. From what I've read as well as the posts here on OCF, there is a major difference between surgery on the base of the tongue and the front two thirds with your surgery having very good results with less complications. Here's wishing you an excellent pathology report showing no neural involvement with totally clear margins.
Charm

PS. The Mayo clinic website says that usually cancers on your portion of the tongue are treated with surgery first while base of tongue cancers are treated with radiation first.
So it sounds like you are all set to beat this cancer