Thank you Rosie for such a quick response. Everything was done quite fast. I had a partial glossectomy done (both sides of tongue)with no trach, no neck dissection either. Doctor also did somethign with base and side of mouth (probably why teeth hurt) which I have not been able to ask him about. Only 3 days in hospital but started hemoraghing --- dr. saw me and said everything was fine, this could happen.

I am happy to have found this site. Although I had been followed for 10 months for mouth sores, no one until 2 weeks ago did anything right. Just a comedy of errors. But from then on I have not had time to ask many questions. My father had it at base of tongue stage 3 - they removed all salivary glands removed, 1/2 of tongue, track , extensive radiation, radium implants, the whole thing. Unfortunately he lasted 11 months only. Needless to say I was ecstatic to learn mine was not as exetnsive and think I have been in a bit of a daze since then kind of minimizing the whole thing. On visiting your site, I realize that I am in for a battle.