OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 54 | Tina,
That is encouraging. I'm planning for 4-6 weeks off but would LOVE to get back to my students in 3 weeks! Could you talk well after 3 weeks? Teaching requires talking for about 7 hours a day...is that reasonable with a reconstructed tongue with a forearm flap?
48 yo female, quit smoking 4yrs ago, light drinker, Stage 2 SCC, Bx3, Dx 8/22/13, surgery 9/11/13. Partial glossectomy, bilateral neck dissection levels 1-4. Tongue reconstruction with flap from forearm. 87 Lymph nodes CLEAR. Tongue margins good at 1 cm. No further treatment planned. Monthly monitoring planned for upcoming year then periodic monitoring for next 4
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