I see you live in Ocala, Florida. My husband had stage 4 tongue cancer and surgery in November of 08. He had chemo and radiation (39 treatments) at the Sylvester Cancer Institute in Miami. His doctors were Dr. Weed and Dr. Arnold who are very well revered for this type of surgery. He lost half of his tongue but these doctors have developed a method of grafting tissue and an artery from the forearm to rebuild the tongue. Don't know where you are getting treatment but check out these doctors. He is 2 years from the end of radiation this Friday which they say is a great sign that he will not experience a recurrence.