Elem510, I'm not sure how they will handle it but I can tell you about mine. I had stage 2 cancer of my tongue, left side and stage 2 cancer on the floor of my mouth right. Because of the tumor on the floor of my mouth they did a radical neck disection. Low and behold while they were there they removed all of my lymph nodes on that side. They then stretched the skin all the way back to my ear on the other side and removed all of the nodes from there. It seems that every surgeon/ specialist has there own way of doing things. Lady Luck was on my side, I had no cancer in my lymph nodes and consequently no chemo or rad. They rebuilt the floor of my mouth with skin taken from my shoulder, I also lost my teeth on that side and part of my jaw bone. They also took about 1/3 of my tongue. The weirdest thing for me is that my tongue is sewn to the bottom of my mouth, so I don't have a whole lot of movement. Anyway, hope all goes well. Check some back posts you may find some more information. Good luck to both you and your husband. Take care. Anne.