sorry to hear about the upcoming surgery but glad you found the site! Will be thinking of you thursday and hope for swift recovery. I had my surgery almost a year ago and surgery was much easier than rad, so hopefully you won't have to have rad or chemo.
What stage are you and what side of ur tongue? How much of tongue is doc thinking they'll need to remove?
25/female at diagnosis
Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010
Surgery 04/13/2010
Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube
Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue.
30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010
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