Hello. Just found the group. Thanks. Diagnosed two weeks ago with a T1 tumor on the lower mouth/tongue area. Current plan is to have it surgically removed with 1.5CM margin. Nodes will be diagnosed at the time of surgery using a prior day dosage of dye (I think). As the cancer cells use more sugar, they can be detected and if the nodes show positive they will be removed also.

FIrst the easy stuff - recovery from the surgery for talking and eating - length of time, how rough a road? T1 = Stage 1?

Hard stuff - Odds on long term survival are not good vs a "clean" slate. I figure if in the nodes, five years are 50/50 and ten years at the outside. These are rough and fly in the face of optimism, but given the chance of reocurrance and present undetected cells in other areas, I need to plan for my family.

Thanks for the help.

Best regards and wishes for everyone on this site.

John