Emily,
With each surgery to remove another recurrence, I loose a little more of my ability to speak and eat. I work in the biomedical industry and speaking and teaching are an intregal part of my job. I know that after my last surgery this may where another piece of the right base of my oral tongue was removed, my speech it thicker and it's harder to form the words that came easily just months before. I do worry about my return to work not only because of the speech difficulty but also for the fact that I can only speak for a moderat period of time before my mouth gets tired and I start slurring anyways. I think I will try some more speech therapy but this is starting to dwelt like a lack of tissue problem, not a motor
Problem now.