Hello Susan
Thank you for the tongue exercises, I've already started on them so I can get a head start for when I see the speech therapist in the New Year. Another chap also said the tongue becomes more flexible and that he can stick his tongue out further than he could after surgery.
I'm sorry you have had to have four surgeries but very glad you avoided the neck dissection which I've heard can have awful complications. A lot of people in my life (family/friends etc) are putting the frighteners on me about not having had the neck dissection and it's really quite upsetting and makes me think of death every day. I have a great team at my hospital and it was a big group of experts that were all in agreement about not having the neck dissection. I should trust them as they do this every day and know my cancer unlike others. I guess you also had these fears but your doctors seem to have made the right decision.
Thank you for replying Sue.