I went to Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. My Surgeon there told me....it was up to me if I wanted to have the ND. I had the tumor removed from the side of my tongue. He explained the ND to me, he would make an incision in my neck take out lymph nodes and have them biopsied. He also said he'd rather be safe than sorry, cancer cells are so small the CT Scan wouldn't pick them up until they are the size of a nickel.

I had the ND I have no major problems, if my neck stiffens I massage it everything is fine afterwards. My face and neck look the same as it did before the surgery. He made the incision in the crease of my neck people can't see it.

I'm glad I had it because I would be second guessing myself.

What bothers me is the scar tissue in my tongue where the tumor was taken out.

Take care,
Connie


SCC. of the left lateral tongue, anterior two thirds, T1 possibly a T2.
Left partial glossectomy, left selective neck dissection 4/21/09. Nodes clean, No Rad, No Chemo.

CT Scan 9/11 clean, CT Scan 9/12 clean


Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. A+.

My hometown Lockport, NY.