Hi Shelby,

My husband just got home from the hospital and he had a partial glossectomy ( they took 75%) of his tiongue, neck disection, and partial pharyngectomy. He's doing okay. He looked in the mirror for the first time today when we got home. He loooks like a mac truck smacked him the face and neck but he's alive and he will get well again. The incision is healing nicely. He won't even have a scar. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that it's doable. It's tough but it's doable. Good Luck on the 27th.


Bette/CG to husband Reggie 66

dx 1: SCC Soft Palate (12/06)
tx: chemo and rad

dx 2: SCC 6 cm tum rt. vocal chord (12/09)
tx: total laryngectomy with stoma, 2 nodes

dx 3: SCC 4 cm tum BOT (10/16/12)
Tx: partial gloss w/ mod deck dis 4 nodes incl. part. pharyngectomy