I am so glad you caught yours so early. I wasn't so lucky, but my surgery for my tongue was much bigger then it sounds like urs will be. I had half my tongue removed, and neck dissection.

Every one is different, I am almost a year out, and still have tightness in chin/neck area from neck dissection, but i also had an infection in it before i left the hospital. Mine was also much more major then yours, and i had radiation. so a lot of the things i feel may not fit to yours.

I know this is scary, but you are so lucky to have this caught so soon!

I wish you luck with your upcoming surgery, you will be in my thoughts and hope for a fast recovery for you!!!

I will say this, I know that no matter how major of a surgery this is or how minor, the word cancer at our age is very scary, I am probably 2 years younger then you. All we can really do is try to stay as positive as possible and appreciate what we can do after surgery, except any possible changes as the new normal, and just be greatful to be alive and able to continue on with our lives!

If you need anyone to talk to, or would like to talk, I am here. I like you, had no children, but I did have my boyfriend and my mom, dad and bro that were amazing support through this all!
I hope you have a great support team as well! If not, this group of people is amazing and helped me so much during my treatment!