Hi again -thanks for all your responses and encouragement.

I had my first post surgery visit this morning and the doctor says everything looks great. He told me he got all the cancer but it had spread to 4 lymph nodes. All the lymph nodes were removed during surgery. The protocol is if it spreads to one they don't radiate but more than one they do. I have an appointment with the radiologost on 2 weeks. The speech pathologist was quite impressed at how well I could talk and move mt tongue -- both she and my surgeon are urging me to try harder with the eating. I was pretty scrawny before the operation but I've since lost a few more pounds. Have you all noticed that most foods today are low cal and fat free? My nutritionist suggested Hagen Daas (sp?) ice cream.