had surgery monday. a total glossectomy,bilateral neck disection. only 1 bad node. the tumor was so big that radiation and chemo would not have treated it.
at this point my face and neck are very much swelled. i may be stuck with the "tempoary trach" forever. im not real happy about that.
on the plus side the drain tubes came out of my neck and leg. i can move around a little better now. maybe if i do more moving around it will help. really gotta get the swelling to go down over the weekend and then maybe the doctor will take out the trach.


48 yo male smoker beer drinker biop dx 2/15/11 stg iv scc tongue
teeth out 2/16/11
peg 2/21/11
pet 2/22/11
total glossectomy 4/11/11
18 nodes removed. 1 cancerous margins clear