Hey Justlilomee,
My husband had 1/3 tongue removal end of July, modified neck dissections both sides. I don't think they took many nodes, but all was negative. We were told no radiation necessary by his oral surgeon. 4 months later he had a swollen gland that turned out to be an agressive cancer tumor, had a radical neck dissection and they couldn't get all the cancer. He has finished 8 weeks of chemo/rad and on the 14th he will have a CT scan and MRI to see how well the treatments affected his cancer. His sore was bigger by the time of diagnosis (about a quarter size) than you had, but no one ever said he should get radiation...now we sure wish he would have had it right after healing from tongue surgery as it might not have gotton so evasive as a recurrance (or met from the tongue). Just might want to get more opinions...we didn't as we were also new to all of this and I have learned so much from this board about questions to ask, etc. Don't take things to seriously, as I am a Christian and have gotton some slack for some of my postings...just realize everyone is really just trying to help.

Prayers are with you!
Debbie