Thanks Tim! Glad to meet you! Yes, I had about 25% of my tongue removed as well. I still am not talking normal...but I think I am still healing. It is exactly 1 month since my surgery and this morning a stitch from my tongue came out. I didn't even know there were any left!

So happy to hear that you are doing well! You and all the others who have gone through this give me so much hope and courage!

The most random thing of me being diagnosed is that I am wayyyy more positive about everything than I normally would be. But I like it - for the first time in a long time I feel like my mind is healthy and after all my treatments are finished I know my body will be too!

Have you all heard about one of my newest idols, Zach Lederer? Im a Terp alum and he has become such a huge inspiration to me!
-Gloria


T2N0M0
26 at diagnosis. Non smoker, social drinker, HPV -
Surgery May 15, 2012: Left Partial Gloss + 48 nodes removed, not 1 cancerous! Perineural Nerve Invasion. IMRT x34. Staying positive!