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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 458 | Fr. Mike
Good luck with the surgery. I too had the partial glossectomy and the rad neck diss. Not sure why the trach with the free flap reconstruction, they did the reconstruction on me but no trach. Tongue was a little stiff but by next day could be understood over the phone.
While not a piece of cake, as surgeries go, it's sounds a lot worse than it is. Please keep us posted.
Bob S.
SCC Tongue, stage IV diagnosed Sept, 2002, 1st radical neck dissection left side in Sept, followed by RAD/Chemo. Discovered spread to right side nodes March 2003, second radical neck dissection April, followed by more RAD/Chemo.
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