Amazingly - you will get some sensation back in the replaced area (assuming they did a good job) I'm 32 mos out of surgery (the same kind you had, they removed and replaced a 3rd to half of my tongue on the left side.) and I can feel it if I bite my new tongue, I can feel it if there is food caught there and my mobility is remarkable for a tongue that isn't really all tongue. smile it starts off almost like bee sting in sensation but its gotten better. Try to chew and eat on your good side, or drink that way too. Thicker liquids will help you get food down, (milk? A smoothie?) and if you hate the nutritional drinks make your own protein smoothie with stuff you like. Hugs and keep on truckin'

Last edited by Cheryld; 08-13-2013 08:20 AM.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan