Hi there again - I had a fantastic surgeon, he and a plastics guy removed the tumor and rebiult at the same time I have terrific mobility and just a small lisp courtesy of radiation actually. Radiation does the most damage to your mouth and swallowing - you may need eat soft foods for a bit but you should be okay foodwise after a bit I was eating pretty much everything at 2 weeks. My surgery was 14 hours and recovery 4 weeks to almost normal. You will have trouble talking the first few days particularly if they put a trache in. After that it should improve quickly. Definitely get a second opinion.


Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan