I am doing better with speech everyday. I can't get over how gross my tongue looks. They warned me there would be white, but gross. I am definitely getting sick of soup, but everything else gets stuck under my tongue, on top of my tongue and I have to use my finger to fish it out. Last night I was chewing on my tongue and didn't realize it.

I hope to go back to work next week (maybe Thursday), and I am going off the prescription pain meds because they don't allow me to drive. I have post-op appointment on Tuesday AM and hoping to get clearance to go back to work. Though I am a Spanish teacher, so I am not sure how my school is going to feel about me teaching Spanish when I cannot speak English properly (do I technically have a disability now?).

I have a feeling I will also be like you Catherine, watch, wait and see. But I am moving to Tampa in July and hoping to move all my medical follow-ups etc to Moffit. I first have to get the new insurance all settled (great timing).