Hi Lori, my case is almost like yours, and even the same age. I was diagnosed 2 months before my 30 birthday. I also had stage 1, no nodes invvolved. I lost 2 x 3 cm of my tongue, pretty normal life just difficult with "R" letter. Different that you I FREAKED out. Proud of you that seems much more calm than me.

I thought I was going to die in weeks, but it�s been one year and four months and here I am, alive, working hard and trying to do things I love. Just came back from an amazing trip in San Francisco and focusing on professional and personal projects.

Cancer sucks but early stage is really good as you mentioned before. If you want to ask anything, feel free to contact me smile

December, 2011 - T1N0M0 SSC Oral Tongue sugery (Dec 07, 2011). Partial glossectomy, primary closure. Selective Neck dissection, all 57 nodes free. 29 at diagnosis, no risk factors at all. No smoking, drinking and HPV negative. Can you explain? I can't.